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      <ProvenanceName>Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University</ProvenanceName>
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorten_(codec)
https://web.archive.org/web/20180904214941/http://www.etree.org/shncom.html

https://github.com/digital-preservation/PRONOM_Research/tree/main/Submissions/Shorten</FormatNote>
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