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What is a .siard file?

A .siard file is a SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases) (version 1.0). This is a data file — structured information used by a program rather than read directly. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 4 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.

This extension has been used by more than one format

4 different formats have claimed .siard over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.

How to open a .siard file

  • Start with the program that produced it; that's almost always the right tool.
  • Open it in a text editor to see whether it's readable text or binary.
  • For database formats, DB Browser for SQLite or LibreOffice Base can often import it.

The registry records this extension against SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases), SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases), SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases) and others, so software from that family is the most likely match.

How to convert a .siard file

  • If you can view the data, exporting to .csv is usually the most portable option.

The technical record

For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .siard.

Format nameVersionMIME typePUID
SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases)1.0—fmt/161
SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases)2.0—fmt/995
SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases)2.1—fmt/1196
SIARD (Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases)2.2—fmt/1777

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