Collection: Item Format

This property is: Optional.

Definition

The physical or digital characteristics of an item in the collection.

Examples

Examples of values for this property, and an explanation of the reasoning for the values.
Value Explanation
text/xml A collection where the individual items are in eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format.
image/mpeg A collection of video clips where the items are in Moving Picture Experts Group format.
image/cgm A collection of images in Computer Graphics Metafile, Image Exchange Format and Tag Image File Formats.
image/ief
image/tiff

Guidelines

The terms used for this property are defined by the IMT encoding scheme, which encodes terms for MIME Media Types.

Terms should be entered in the format "Content Type/Subtype" (Content Type separated from Subtype by a forward-slash ("/"). Therefore a MIME Media Type of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) should be entered as "text/html" (Content Type: text; Subtype: xml).

References

  1. [MIME Media Types] http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/

Occurrence

Repeatable: there may be multiple values for this property. Enter each value into its own text box.