APE Tag Flags Version 2.0

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

Member of APE Tag 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 a footer
1: Tag contains no 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:

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