Content format

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Graphical representations of electrical data: analog audio content format (red), 4-bit digital pulse code modulated content format (black).

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Chinese calligraphy written in a language content format by Song Dynasty (A.D. 1051-1108) poet Mi Fu.

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A series of numbers encoded in a Universal Product Code digital numeric content format.

A content format is a system of converting data to information. Content formats are used in media to prepare data for observation or interpretation.^[1]^[2] Observable data is often known as raw data, or raw content.^[3] In addition to converting data to information, a content format may include the encryption and/or scrambling of that information. ^[4]

There has been a countless number of content formats throughout history. The following are examples of some common content formats and content format categories:

Audio data encoding^[5]
- Analog audio data
- Stereophonic sound formats
- Digital audio data
- Audio data compression
- Synthesizer sequences
Visual data encoding
- Hand rendering materials
- Film speed formats
- Pixel coordinates data
- Color space data
- Vector graphic coordinates/dimensions
- Texture mapping formats
- 3D display formats
- Holographic formats
- Display resolution formatting
Motion graphics encoding
- Frame rate data
- Video data^[6]
- Computer animation formats
Instruction encoding

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^ Bob Boiko, Content Management Bible, Nov 2004 pp:79, 240, 830
^ Ann Rockley, Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy, Oct 2002 pp:269, 320, 516
^ Oge Marques and Borko Furht, Content-Based Image and Video Retrieval, April 2002 pp:15
^ Jessica Keyes, Technology Trendlines, Jul 1995 pp:201
^ David Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming, Second Edition, Sep 2004 pp: 328
^ M. Ghanbari, Standard Codecs: Image Compression to Advanced Video Coding, Jun 2003 pp:364