Template:Infobox file format

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name

[[File:{{{icon}}}|64px]] iconcaption
[[File:{{{screenshot}}}|300px]] caption
Filename extension	extension[s]
Internet media type	mime
Type code	typecode
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)	uniform type
UTI conformation	conforms to
Magic number	magic
Organization	organization
Developed by	developer
Announced	announced
Initial release	{{start date and age |…}}
Latest release	latest_release_version ({{start date and age |…}})
Type of format	genre
Container for	containerfor
Contained by	containedby
Extended from	extendedfrom
Extended to	extendedto
Standard	standard  (standards)
Open format?	free
Specification	specification
Website	url

{{Infobox file format
| name =
| icon = 
| iconcaption = 
| icon_size = 
| screenshot = 
| screenshot_size = 
| caption = 
|_noextcode = 
| extension =               <!-- or: | extensions = -->
|_nomimecode = 
| mime = 
| type_code = 
| uniform_type = 
| conforms_to = 
| magic = 
| organization =
| developer = 
| announced =
| released =                <!-- {{start date and age|YYYY|mm|dd|df=yes/no}} -->
| latest_release_version = 
| latest_release_date =     <!-- {{start date and age|YYYY|mm|dd|df=yes/no}} -->
| genre = 
| container_for = 
| contained_by = 
| extended_from = 
| extended_to = 
| standard =                <!-- or: | standards = -->
| free = 
| specification =
| url = 
}}

By default, extension and mime are displayed using <code>...</code>; to disable this (in order to customize their formatting), assign _noextcode and/or _nomimecode a value ("on", "true", etc.).

Examples

Scalable Vector Graphics

Filename extensions	.svg, .svgz
Internet media type	image/svg+xml
Type code	"svg" "svgz"
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)	public.svg-image
UTI conformation	public.image public.xml
Developed by	W3C
Initial release	September 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)
Latest release	1.1 (Second Edition) (August 16, 2011 (2011-08-16))
Type of format	Vector image format
Extended from	XML
Standard	W3C SVG
Open format?	Yes
Website	www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/

{{Infobox file format
| name = Scalable Vector Graphics
| icon = 
| iconcaption = | screenshot = | caption = 
|_noextcode = on
| extensions = .svg, .svgz
|_nomimecode = on
| mime = image/svg+xml<ref>(w3.org ref)</ref><ref>(ietf.org ref)</ref>
| type_code = {{hlist |"svg" |"svgz"}}
| uniform_type = <code>public.svg-image</code>
| conforms_to = <code>public.image</code><br/><code>public.xml</code>
| magic = 
| developer = W3C
| released = {{start date and age|2001|09|04|df=yes}}
| latest_release_version = 1.1 (Second Edition)
| latest_release_date = {{start date and age|2011|08|16|df=yes}}
| genre = Vector image format
| container_for = | contained_by = 
| extended_from = XML
| extended_to = 
| standard = [http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/ W3C SVG]
| free = Yes
| specification =
| url = {{URL|http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/}}
}}

Parameters

name

The name of the file format.

icon

A file icon used by either the application that popularized the format or a common free icon. Alias is |logo=.

iconcaption

caption describing the icon.

screenshot

A screen shot of the file format in use.

caption

caption to the screen shot.

extension (or extensions)

The format's filename extension or extensions. Set |_noextcode= to disable the default monospace font.

mime

The MIME type of the file. Set |_nomimecode= to disable the default monospace font.

type_code

The type code of the file, used by Mac OS Classic.

uniform type

The Uniform Type Identifier, used by contemporary macOS computers and iOS devices.

conforms to

The immediate parents of the UTI. For example, public.png would conform to public.image

magic

A Magic number|number or other data structure usually near the beginning of a file used to identify the file contents.

owner

The owner of the format.

released

The date the format was publicly released.

latest_release_version

Latest version number of the format.

latest_release_date

Date the latest version was released.

genre

The genre of the file format.

containerfor

If the file is a container for another data type, list it here.

containedby

If the file type is typically housed in another file type, list it here. For example: Audio and video data are most often housed in a media container such as QuickTime et al.

extendedfrom

If the file format is based on another, list it here.

extendedto

If a new format is derived from this one, list it here.

standard (or standards)

If the format is part of a standard or standards, list it/them here.

free

Is it a free/open format?

specification

Link to specification, if any

url

URL of the file format's website, specification, etc.