User:Felix/ontology
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== By serialisation method == | == By serialisation method == | ||
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* Text-based | * Text-based | ||
** HTML-based (microformats) | ** HTML-based (microformats) | ||
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== By content type == | == By content type == | ||
| − | + | What data is it capable of holding? | |
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| − | + | * Software | |
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** Machine code | ** Machine code | ||
*** Core dump | *** Core dump | ||
*** Executable | *** Executable | ||
| − | *** | + | *** Shared object/dynamically-linked library |
*** Object code | *** Object code | ||
** Bytecode | ** Bytecode | ||
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** Programming language | ** Programming language | ||
| − | * | + | * Abstract data |
** Schema (XML DTD, XSD, SQL DDL, JSON Schema…) | ** Schema (XML DTD, XSD, SQL DDL, JSON Schema…) | ||
| + | ** Serialisation | ||
| + | *** Identifier (GUID, UUID, URI…) | ||
| + | *** Character encoding (UTF-8, ISO 8859, code pages…) | ||
| + | *** Variable-length integers | ||
| + | *** Encapsulation encoding (base64, quoted-printable…) | ||
| + | *** Structured data (SGML, XML, bencode, JSON, RIFF…) | ||
* File container | * File container | ||
** Archive (zip, tar, message/rfc822…) | ** Archive (zip, tar, message/rfc822…) | ||
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*** Cryptographic key/certificate | *** Cryptographic key/certificate | ||
*** Signature | *** Signature | ||
| − | ** General compression (gz, bzip2, xz…) | + | ** General-purpose compression (gz, bzip2, xz…) |
** File system (FAT, extfs…) | ** File system (FAT, extfs…) | ||
** Partition map (MBR, GPT…) | ** Partition map (MBR, GPT…) | ||
| − | * Text and hypertext | + | * Text and hypertext (HTML, RTF…) |
| + | ** Markup language | ||
** Page layout (PDF, PostScript, dvi, DjVu, XSL-FO…) | ** Page layout (PDF, PostScript, dvi, DjVu, XSL-FO…) | ||
* Multimedia | * Multimedia | ||
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*** Vector graphics (SVG, WMF…) | *** Vector graphics (SVG, WMF…) | ||
** Subtitles | ** Subtitles | ||
| + | ** Streaming media manifest | ||
| + | ** Playlist | ||
Some formats may fit several categories at once. SWF could fit in "Video and animation", "Multimedia container" and "Bytecode". | Some formats may fit several categories at once. SWF could fit in "Video and animation", "Multimedia container" and "Bytecode". | ||
| − | == By | + | == By use == |
| + | How is it typically used? | ||
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* General-purpose | * General-purpose | ||
* Long-term archival | * Long-term archival | ||
Revision as of 20:16, 24 April 2015
- Abstract (XML, ASN.1) or concrete (HTML, PEM)?
By serialisation method
How does it encode the data it stores?
- Text-based
- HTML-based (microformats)
- JSON-based
- XML-based
- YAML-based
- Binary
- ASN.1
- bencode
- BSON
- EBML
By content type
What data is it capable of holding?
- Software
- Machine code
- Core dump
- Executable
- Shared object/dynamically-linked library
- Object code
- Bytecode
- Programming language
- Machine code
- Abstract data
- Schema (XML DTD, XSD, SQL DDL, JSON Schema…)
- Serialisation
- Identifier (GUID, UUID, URI…)
- Character encoding (UTF-8, ISO 8859, code pages…)
- Variable-length integers
- Encapsulation encoding (base64, quoted-printable…)
- Structured data (SGML, XML, bencode, JSON, RIFF…)
- File container
- Archive (zip, tar, message/rfc822…)
- Cryptography
- Encrypted data envelope
- Cryptographic key/certificate
- Signature
- General-purpose compression (gz, bzip2, xz…)
- File system (FAT, extfs…)
- Partition map (MBR, GPT…)
- Text and hypertext (HTML, RTF…)
- Markup language
- Page layout (PDF, PostScript, dvi, DjVu, XSL-FO…)
- Multimedia
- Audio (WAV, mp3…)
- MIDI audio
- Multimedia container (Ogg, Matroska)
- Video and animation (MP4, GIF…)
- Static graphics
- Raster graphics (BMP, PNG, JPEG…)
- Vector graphics (SVG, WMF…)
- Subtitles
- Streaming media manifest
- Playlist
- Audio (WAV, mp3…)
Some formats may fit several categories at once. SWF could fit in "Video and animation", "Multimedia container" and "Bytecode".
By use
How is it typically used?
- General-purpose
- Long-term archival
- Data interchange
- Internet/network messaging
Per-content type:
- Raster graphics:
- Photographic
- Pixel art
- Scanned documents
