Template:FormatInfo

Parameters

 * name: (optional) The name of the file format. Default: 
 * formattype: (optional) The type of the file format. Choose 'electronic', 'physical', or 'organic', or specify your own. Default: electronic
 * subcat: (optional) The subcategory of the file format.
 * subcat2: (optional) An additional subcategory of the file format.
 * subcat3: (optional) An additional subcategory of the file format.
 * subcat4: (optional) An additional subcategory of the file format.
 * subcat5: (optional) An additional subcategory of the file format.
 * thiscat: (optional) Special parameter for indicating ontology of a non-terminal subcategory page.
 * extensions: (optional) The format's known filename extensions. Use.
 * mimetypes: (optional) The MIME type of the format. Use.
 * pronom: (optional) The PRONOM ID of the format, e.g. "fmt/45". Use.

Potential Parameters
This is a list of parameters that could be included in this template.


 * mime & mime aliases: Split mimetypes into primary type and known aliases.
 * charset: For character encodings, the value of the charset parameter used to identify it in MIME headers
 * version: The version of the format, e.g. "1.4" for PDF 1.4
 * previous version: Link to page about the previous version of this format.
 * next version: Link to page about the next version of this format.
 * back compat: Whether this version is backwards compatible with the previous version.
 * wikipedia: Name of the Wikipedia page that describes this format, e.g. "JPEG 2000" will be rendered as JPEG 2000
 * locfdd: Identifier for this format from the Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats, e.g. "fdd000314" will be rendered as fdd000314.
 * type code: The Type Code of the file, used by Mac OS Classic.
 * uniform type: The Uniform Type Identifier (UTI), used by Mac OS X and iOS.
 * conforms to: The UTI of the parent format in the conformance hierarchy.
 * magic: A sequence of byte values that can be used to identify the file contents, usually located close to the start of the file.
 * released: The date the format was publicly released.
 * container for: A list of formats this format can contain.
 * contained by: A list of formats that may contain this format.
 * extended from: Any formats this one was based upon.
 * extended to: Any formats that have been derived from this one.
 * spec: URL of the format specification.
 * spec availability: Type of availability the specification, e.g. commercial, free.
 * patent license: Unknown, Disputed, Encumbered, (F)RAND, Royalty-Free, Unencumbered.
 * compression: Types of compression. Whether Lossy, Lossless, or Both, and whether Optional or Always compressed. i.e. JPEG is Always Lossy.
 * endianness: Big-endian or Little-endian byte ordering.
 * developed by: Who developed the format.
 * maintained by: Who now maintains the format.
 * reference impl: Link to page about the reference implementation of this format, if any.
 * embeddable metadata: Kinds of metadata that can be embedded in this format.
 * tpm: Technical Protection Mechanisms supported by the format, e.g. encryption.
 * dependencies: External resources that files in this format may depend upon, e.g. fonts, or even hardware.
 * error resiliance: Is this format able to detect damage or recover from damage to the bitstream.
 * namespace: The namespace-uri that defines the file format if it is XML-based.