Template:FormatInfo

File Format
Name	FormatInfo
Ontology	Electronic File Formats FormatInfo

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.