APE Item Value

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An APE tag item value is a value assigned by a key.

Member of APE Tag Item

APE Tag Item values can be binary data or UTF-8 strings.

Binary data is possible but unrecommended.

UTF-8 strings are not zero terminated.

Although the contents is free, some formats are strongly recommended:

Integer Number	List of digits, may be prepended by a '-' character
Floating Point Number	List of digits with an optional dot in the middle, may be prepended by a '-' character. An exponent can be appended which starts with a 'e' or 'E' followed by a integer number
Date	Date
Time period	Date...Date
String	Arbitrary data not containing characters 0, 254 and 255. UTF-8 encoded
List of entries	Items are not zero-terminated like in C/C++. If there's a zero character, multiple items are stored under the key and the items are separated by zero characters.
Time Stamp	Time stamp
Lyrics	[Time stamp]Text Linefeed [Time stamp,Performing Person] Text Linefeed [Time stamp,Performing Person1,Performing Person 2] Text Linefeed
Media	CD, DVD, VHS, Radio...
Title Number	2- or 3-digit nonnegative integral number
Weblink	http://host/directory/filename ftp://host/directory/filename http://host:port/directory/filename ftp://host:port/directory/filename http://user:password@host/directory/filename ftp://user:password@host/directory/filename http://user:password@host:port/directory/filename ftp://user:password@host:port/directory/filename
Local Link	file:/directory/file file:./relativedirectory/filename file:./filename
Other IP link	protocol:identifier
e-Mail address	mailto:name@host
Binary data	Arbitrary data, all data is allowed

Some examples:

Integer Number	12, 1234, -34534
Floating Point Number	12, 123.4, .123, -12., 12.34e12, 12.7E-4
Date	2002-02-28
Time period	2002-02-28...2003-01-01
String	Rabits are rabits.
List of entries
Lyrics
Media
Title Number
Weblink
Local Link
Other IP link
e-Mail address
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