encodingFormat
Media type typically expressed using a MIME format (see IANA site and MDN reference), e.g. application/zip for a SoftwareApplication binary, audio/mpeg for .mp3 etc.
In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, encoding can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular encodingFormat information.
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.
Expected Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| URL | Data type: URL. |
| Text | Data type: Text. |
Used on Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| CreativeWork | The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc. |
| MediaObject | A media object, such as an image, video, audio, or text object embedded in a web page or a downloadable dataset i.e. DataDownload. Note that a creative work may have many media objects associated w... |