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Definition[]

A bundling format is a

[d]igital format designed to aggregate a collection of related digital files into a single file for convenience of transmission or storage.[1]

Overview[]

"[T]he most widely used bundling format is ZIP. In contrast to wrapper formats, files encapsulated in bundling formats are often explicitly extracted as individual files before use."[2]

References[]

  1. National Digital Stewardship Alliance, The Benefits and Risks of the PDF/A-3 File Format for Archival Institutions 23 (Feb. 2014) (full-text).
  2. Id.