Logical Record Architecture for Health and Social Care

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Controlled Vocabulary for: Compression

LRA Vocabulary Id

dfee28da-6960-49a0-bebc-cacb0d9aa1fd

Vocabulary Properties

Version: 1.0
Status created
Date 2010-03-01

Description

The deflate compressed data format as specified in IETF RFC 1951

Concept set

Level Code Description Notes
0 DF Deflate The deflate compressed data format as specified in IETF RFC 1951
0 GZ Gzip A compressed data format that is compatible with the widely used GZIP utility as specified in IETF RFC 1952(uses the deflate algorithm)
0 ZL Zlib A compressed data format that also uses the deflate algorithm. Specified as IETF RFC 1950
0 Z Compress Original UNIX compress algorithm and file format using the LZC algorithm (a variant of LZW). Patent encumbered and less efficient than deflate
0 BZ Bzip bzip-2 compression format. See [http://www.bzip.org/] for more information.
0 Z7 Z7 7z compression file format. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z] for more information.