File name extension
ID file_extension
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
This record is a draft: it has not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong. Do not rely on it for compliance decisions. Help improve it (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
Suffix of a file name that tells the format of the file, such as pdf, docx or csv, written with or without the leading dot. The full name of a file is the datatype filename.
- Categories
- Common
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- FTA
FILENAME_EXT- Wikidata
- P1195
- Quality
- 100/100
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- FTA (Fast Text Analysis)
Regular expression
^\.?[A-Za-z0-9]{1,10}$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| .docx | |
| CSV | |
| report.pdf invalid | a file name, not an extension |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Расширение имени файла |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename_extension
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1195
- other: https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/file_extension - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/files/file_extension.yamlon GitHub