Template:FormatInfo

Revision as of 03:09, 4 November 2012

Usage

{{FormatInfo
| name                   = 
| extensions             = 
| mimetypes              = 
| pronom                 = 
}}

Parameters

name

The name of the file format (optional - will default to the page name)

extensions

The format's known filename extensions, space separated, including the dot, e.g. ".pdf .fdf"

mimetypes

The MIME type of the format.

pronom

The PRONOM ID of the format, e.g. "fmt/45".

Potential Parameters

mime & mime aliases

Split mimetypes into primary type and known aliases.

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.

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

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.

Examples