Template:FormatInfo
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{{FormatInfo | {{FormatInfo | ||
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| extensions = | | extensions = | ||
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===Parameters=== | ===Parameters=== | ||
| − | ;name: The name of the file format (optional | + | ;name: '''(optional)''' The name of the file format. ''Default: <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>'' |
| − | ;extensions: The format's known filename extensions | + | ;formattype: '''(optional)''' The [[File Formats|type]] of the file format. Choose 'electronic', 'physical', or 'organic', or specify your own. ''Default: electronic'' |
| − | ;mimetypes: The MIME type of the format. | + | ;subcat: '''(optional)''' The subcategory of the file format. |
| − | ;pronom: The [[Sources/PRONOM|PRONOM]] ID of the format, e.g. "fmt/45". | + | ;extensions: '''(optional)''' The format's known filename extensions. Use [[Template:ext|<nowiki>{{ext}}</nowiki>]]. |
| + | ;mimetypes: '''(optional)''' The MIME type of the format. Use [[Template:mimetype|<nowiki>{{mimetype}}</nowiki>]]. | ||
| + | ;pronom: '''(optional)''' The [[Sources/PRONOM|PRONOM]] ID of the format, e.g. "fmt/45". | ||
===Potential Parameters=== | ===Potential Parameters=== | ||
Revision as of 23:51, 9 November 2012
| File Format | |
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| Name | FormatInfo |
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Contents |
Usage
{{FormatInfo
| name =
| formattype =
| subcat =
| extensions =
| mimetypes =
| pronom =
}}
Parameters
- name
- (optional) The name of the file format. Default: {{PAGENAME}}
- 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.
- extensions
- (optional) The format's known filename extensions. Use {{ext}}.
- mimetypes
- (optional) The MIME type of the format. Use {{mimetype}}.
- pronom
- (optional) The PRONOM ID of the format, e.g. "fmt/45".
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.
- 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.
