SQLite documentation covers this quite well, see "Database File Format" [0] or have a look at pager.c source code [1]. SQLite database is actually recommended

SQLite documentation covers this quite well, see "Database File Format" [0] or have a look at pager.c source code [1]. SQLite database is actually recommended by Library of Congress for archiving [2] 0: https://www.sqlite.org/fileformat.html https://www.sqlite.org/fileformat.html 1: https://sqlite.org/src/artifact/422fd8cfa59fb917 https://sqlite.org/src/artifact/422fd8cfa59fb917 2: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/data.html https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/data.html