Ape Tags Flags

2017-11-14T16:31:57Z

109.90.233.94: fixed the swapping of yes / no

APE Tag Flags Version 2.0

Contains attribute of the tag (bit 31...) and of a item (bit 0...)

Member of [[APE Tags Header|APE Tags Header, Footer or Tag item]]

Note: [[APEv1|APE Tags 1.0]] do not use any of the APE Tag flags. All are set to zero on creation and ignored on reading.

{| border="1" cellspacing="1"
|width="60px"| Bit 31 ||width="350px"| 0: Tag contains no header
1: Tag contains a header
|-
|Bit 30 || 0: Tag contains no footer
1: Tag contains a footer
|-
|Bit 29 || 0: This is the footer, not the header
1: This is the header, not the footer
|-
|Bit 28...3|| Undefined, must be zero
|-
|Bit 2...1||
0: Item contains text information coded in [[APEtag-UTF8|UTF-8]] <br>
1: Item contains binary information* <br>
2: Item is a locator of external stored information** <br>
3: reserved
|-
|Bit 0 || 0: Tag or Item is Read/Write
1: Tag or Item is Read Only
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Binary information:
Information which should not be edited by a text editor, because
* Information is not a text.
* Contains control characters
* Contains internal restrictions which can't be handled by a normal text editor
* Can't be easily interpreted by humans.

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Allowed formats:
* <nowiki>http://host/directory/filename.ext</nowiki>
* <nowiki>ftp://host/directory/filename.ext</nowiki>
* filename.ext
* /directory/filename.ext
* DRIVE:/directory/filename.ext
Note: Locators are also UTF-8 encoded. This can especially occur when filenames are encoded.

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