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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">  <head> <title>encodingFormat - Schema.org Property</title> <meta charset="utf-8" > <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="description" content="Schema.org Property: encodingFormat - Media type typically expressed using a MIME format (see <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml">IANA site</a> and <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types">MDN reference</a>), e.g. application/zip for a SoftwareApplication binary, audio/mpeg for .mp3 etc.<br/><br/> In cases where a <a class="localLink" href="/CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a> has several media type representations, <a class="localLink" href="/encoding">encoding</a> can be used to indicate each <a class="localLink" href="/MediaObject">MediaObject</a> alongside particular <a class="localLink" href="/encodingFormat">encodingFormat</a> information.<br/><br/> Unregistered or niche encoding and file formats can be indicated instead via the most appropriate URL, e.g. defining Web page or a Wikipedia/Wikidata entry." /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="/docs/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/schemaorg.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/devnote.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/prettify.css" /> <script src="/docs/prettify.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/schemaorg.js"></script>  <script src="/docs/sdotermpage.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/sdotermpage.css" /> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/schemarama-parsing.bundle.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/layout.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/pretty-markup/style.css" /> <script src="/docs/clipboard/clipboard.min.js"></script> <link rel="canonical" href="https://schema.org/encodingFormat" /> </head> <body>   <div class="devnote"><b>Note</b>: You are viewing the development version of <a href="https://schema.org">Schema.org</a>. 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content="1" /> <a href="/Thing" itemprop="item" class="core" title="Thing">Thing</a> </span> > <span itemscope itemprop="itemListElement" itemtype="https://schema.org/ListItem"> <meta itemprop="name" content="Property" /> <meta itemprop="position" content="2" /> <a href="/Property" itemprop="item" class="core" title="Property">Property</a> </span> :: <span itemscope itemprop="itemListElement" itemtype="https://schema.org/ListItem"> <meta itemprop="name" content="encodingFormat" /> <meta itemprop="position" content="3" /> <a href="/encodingFormat" itemprop="item" class="core" title="encodingFormat">encodingFormat</a> </span> <br/> </div>  <div> <div id='infobox' style='text-align: right; padding-right: 5px;' role="checkbox" aria-checked="false"> <label for="morecheck"><b><span style="cursor: pointer;">[more...]</span></b></label> </div> <input type='checkbox' checked="checked" style='display: none' id=morecheck><div id='infomsg' style='background-color: #EEEEEE; text-align: left; padding: 0.5em;'> <ul><li> <span class="canonicalUrl">Canonical URL: https://schema.org/encodingFormat</span> </li>  <li><a href='https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+encodingFormat'>Check for open issues.</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="description">Media type typically expressed using a MIME format (see <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml">IANA site</a> and <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types">MDN reference</a>), e.g. application/zip for a SoftwareApplication binary, audio/mpeg for .mp3 etc.<br/><br/> In cases where a <a class="localLink" href="/CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a> has several media type representations, <a class="localLink" href="/encoding">encoding</a> can be used to indicate each <a class="localLink" href="/MediaObject">MediaObject</a> alongside particular <a class="localLink" href="/encodingFormat">encodingFormat</a> information.<br/><br/> Unregistered or niche encoding and file formats can be indicated instead via the most appropriate URL, e.g. defining Web page or a Wikipedia/Wikidata entry.</div> </div>  <div class="jumptarget" id="values" title="Values"> <h3>Values expected to be one of these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a></li> <li> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></li> </code></ul> </div> <div class="jumptarget" id="types" title="Used on"> <h3>Used on these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/CreativeWork" class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a></li> <li> <a href="/MediaObject" class="core" title="MediaObject">MediaObject</a></li> </code></ul> </div>    <table id="supersedes" class="definition-table jumptarget" title="Supersedes"><thead><tr><th>Supersedes</th></tr></thead> <tr><td><code> <a href="/fileFormat" class="core" title="fileFormat">fileFormat</a></code></td></tr> </table>    <div id="examplespannel" class="jumptarget" title="Examples"> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0006" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0006 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0006" title="Link: #eg-0006" href="#eg-0006" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 1</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0006">Copied</span> </div> </div> <div class='ds-selector-tabs ds-selector'> <div class='selectors'> <a data-selects='original_html' class='selected'>No Markup</a> <a data-selects='microdata' class=''>Microdata</a> <a data-selects='rdfa' class=''>RDFa</a> <a data-selects='jsonld' class=''>JSON-LD</a> <a data-selects='structure' class='extabs'>Structure</a> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0006 original_html selected"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example notes or example HTML without markup.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <b>12oclock_girona.mp3</b> Total Time: 0m:15s - Recorded on a terrace of Girona a sunday morning composed by Roger <script type="text/javascript"> var fo = new FlashObject("http://google.com/flash/preview-player.swf", "flashPlayer_719", "358", "16", "6", "#FFFFFF");fo.addVariable("url", "http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3");fo.addVariable("autostart", "0");fo.write("flashcontent_719"); </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0006 microdata "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/AudioObject"> <span itemprop="name"><b>12oclock_girona.mp3</b></span> <script type="text/javascript"> var fo = new FlashObject("http://google.com/flash/preview-player.swf", "flashPlayer_719", "358", "16", "6", "#FFFFFF");fo.addVariable("url","http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3");fo.addVariable("autostart", "0");fo.write("flashcontent_719"); </script> <meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="audio/mpeg" /> <meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3" /> <span class="description"> <meta itemprop="duration" content="T0M15S" /> <span itemprop="description">Recorded on a terrace of Girona a sunday morning</span> </span> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0006 rdfa "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="AudioObject"> <span property="name"><b>12oclock_girona.mp3</b></span> <script type="text/javascript"> var fo = new FlashObject("http://google.com/flash/preview-player.swf", "flashPlayer_719", "358", "16", "6", "#FFFFFF");fo.addVariable("url","http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3");fo.addVariable("autostart", "0");fo.write("flashcontent_719"); </script> <meta property="encodingFormat" content="audio/mpeg" /> <meta property="contentUrl" content="http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3" /> <span class="description"> <meta property="duration" content="T0M15S" /> <span property="description">Recorded on a terrace of Girona a sunday morning</span> </span> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0006 jsonld "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "AudioObject", "contentUrl": "http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3", "description": "Recorded on a terrace of Girona a sunday morning", "duration": "T0M15S", "encodingFormat": "audio/mpeg", "name": "12oclock_girona.mp3" } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0006 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0006"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0006" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0006"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0006" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "AudioObject", "contentUrl": "http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3", "description": "Recorded on a terrace of Girona a sunday morning", "duration": "T0M15S", "encodingFormat": "audio/mpeg", "name": "12oclock_girona.mp3" }</div> </div> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0176" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0176 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0176" title="Link: #eg-0176" href="#eg-0176" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 2</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0176">Copied</span> </div> </div> <div class='ds-selector-tabs ds-selector'> <div class='selectors'> <a data-selects='original_html' class='selected'>No Markup</a> <a data-selects='microdata' class=''>Microdata</a> <a data-selects='rdfa' class=''>RDFa</a> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0176 original_html selected"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example notes or example HTML without markup.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <img src="png" alt="standards. toothbrushes. don't ask" longdesc="927desc.html"> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0176 microdata "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <figure itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <meta itemprop="accessibilityFeature" content="textAlternative"> <meta itemprop="accessibilityFeature" content="longDescription"> <meta itemprop="accessibilityHazard" content="noFlashingHazard"> <meta itemprop="accessibilityHazard" content="noMotionSimulationHazard"> <meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="image/png"> <img src="png" alt="standards. toothbrushes. don't ask" longdesc="927desc.html"> </figure> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0176 rdfa "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <figure vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="CreativeWork"> <meta property="accessibilityFeature" content="textAlternative"> <meta property="accessibilityFeature" content="longDescription"> <meta property="accessibilityHazard" content="noFlashingHazard"> <meta property="accessibilityHazard" content="noMotionSimulationHazard"> <meta property="encodingFormat" content="image/png"> <img src="png" alt="standards. toothbrushes. don't ask" longdesc="927desc.html"> </figure> </pre> </div> <div class="payload eg-0176" style="display: none;">No JSON-LD example available</div> </div> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0177" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0177 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0177" title="Link: #eg-0177" href="#eg-0177" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 3</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0177">Copied</span> </div> </div> <div class='ds-selector-tabs ds-selector'> <div class='selectors'> <a data-selects='original_html' class='selected'>No Markup</a> <a data-selects='microdata' class=''>Microdata</a> <a data-selects='rdfa' class=''>RDFa</a> <a data-selects='jsonld' class=''>JSON-LD</a> <a data-selects='structure' class='extabs'>Structure</a> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0177 original_html selected"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example notes or example HTML without markup.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> [A basic presentation in HTML] </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0177 microdata "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <main itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <meta itemprop="accessibilityHazard" content="FlashingHazard"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityHazard" content="noMotionSimulationHazard"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityHazard" content="noSoundHazard"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityFeature" content="longDescription"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityFeature" content="alternativeText"/> <meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="text/html"/> <meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="image/png"/> <meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="text/css"/> <meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="text/javascript"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityAPI" content="ARIA"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityAPI" content="UIA"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityControl" content="fullKeyboardControl"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityControl" content="fullKeyboardControl"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityControl" content="fullKeyboardControl"/> <meta itemprop="accessibilityControl" content="fullMouseControl"/>  </main> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0177 rdfa "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="CreativeWork"> <meta property="accessibilityHazard" content="FlashingHazard"/> <meta property="accessibilityHazard" content="noMotionSimulationHazard"/> <meta property="accessibilityHazard" content="noSoundHazard"/> <meta property="accessibilityFeature" content="longDescription"/> <meta property="accessibilityFeature" content="alternativeText"/> <meta property="encodingFormat" content="text/html"/> <meta property="encodingFormat" content="image/png"/> <meta property="encodingFormat" content="text/css"/> <meta property="encodingFormat" content="text/javascript"/> <meta property="accessibilityAPI" content="ARIA"/> <meta property="accessibilityAPI" content="UIA"/> <meta property="accessibilityControl" content="fullKeyboardControl"/> <meta property="accessibilityControl" content="fullKeyboardControl"/> <meta property="accessibilityControl" content="fullKeyboardControl"/> <meta property="accessibilityControl" content="fullMouseControl"/>  </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0177 jsonld "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context" : "https://schema.org/" , "@type" : "CreativeWork" , "accessibilityHazard" : [ "FlashingHazard" , "noSoundHazard" , "noMotionSimulationHazard" ] , "accessibilityFeature" : [ "alternativeText" , "longDescription" ] , "encodingFormat" : [ "text/html" , "image/png" , "text/javascript" , "text/css" ] , "accessibilityAPI" : [ "ARIA" , "UIA" ], "accessibilityControl" : [ "fullKeyboardControl" , "fullTouchControl" , "fullVoiceControl" , "fullMouseControl" ] } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0177 structure extabs" 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