Wikidata:Property proposal/Mac OS creator code

Mac OS creator code edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

Descriptioncode used formerly by Mac OS to identify file and program creators
Data typeString
Template parameterTemplate:Infobox file format (Q10986167)@es "creator code"
Domainfile format (Q235557), software (Q7397)
Allowed valueshexadecimal (Q82828)
Example 1Photoshop File Format (Q2141903) → "38 42 49 4d" ("8BIM")
Example 2QuarkXPress Document 4 (Q89347372) → "58 50 52 33" ("XPR3")
Example 3AppleWorks Word Processor file format, version 5 (Q47195746) → "42 4f 42 4f" ("BOBO")
Sourcehttps://www.macdisk.com/macsigen.php
Planned useUse it in infoboxes / Identification of file formats
Expected completenesseventually complete (Q21873974)
See alsoMac OS type code (P7126)

Motivation edit

(Add your motivation for this property here.) Thorsted (talk) 20:43, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit