Ape Tags Flags

APE Tag Flags Version 2.0

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

Member of APE Tags Header, Footer or Tag item

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

Bit 31	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 UTF-8 1: Item contains binary information* 2: Item is a locator of external stored information** 3: reserved
Bit 0	0: Tag or Item is Read/Write 1: Tag or Item is Read Only

* 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.

** Allowed formats:

• http://host/directory/filename.ext
• ftp://host/directory/filename.ext
• filename.ext
• /directory/filename.ext
• DRIVE:/directory/filename.ext

Note: Locators are also UTF-8 encoded. This can especially occur when filenames are encoded.