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<p>Replacing the obsolete Music OCR term with the established Optical Music Recognition term.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Notation Interchange File Format&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;&#039;NIFF&#039;&#039;&#039;) is a [[music notation]] file format used primarily for transferring music notation between different [[scorewriter]]s. <br /> <br /> The NIFF project was started in February 1994 to create an open format that would allow exchange of music between various scanning / [[Optical music recognition]], editing and typesetting programs. The project was sponsored by several music notation software publishers.<br /> <br /> The NIFF format itself is based upon [[RIFF (File format)|RIFF]] (Resource Interchange File Format), a file structure provided by [[Microsoft]], in which data is divided into Lists, Chunks and Tags. Almost all data in a NIFF file are optional. The level of detail contained can range from just the pitch and timing (akin to [[MIDI]]) to a precise page layout, embedded graphics and embedded MIDI information.<br /> <br /> Though detailed and comprehensive, the standard never really caught on except for limited interchange between Optical music recognition software and score writing software. Three of the [[Optical music recognition]] programs in widespread use – PhotoScore, SharpEye, and [[SmartScore]] – export NIFF files. NIFF is now considered obsolete mainly due to the [[MusicXML]] format. As of February 2006 the NIFF project web site has been closed. The NIFF SDK is available at [http://www.music-notation.info/en/formats/NIFF.html The NIFF SDK Archive] for educational usage.<br /> <br /> == Notes and references ==<br /> {{Reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.music-notation.info/en/formats/NIFF.html NIFF SDK Archive]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Music notation file formats]]</div>

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