format

Format

Name of the image format for the bitmap that is provided with a <glyph-data> element. This element is used to define a private use character when the <private-char> contains a bitmap.

Remarks

If a plain bitmap is included inline, the value of this attribute should be “PBM”, indicating that the plain text bitmap will be a human-readable matrix of zeros and ones.

Used on Element: <glyph-data>

ValueMeaning
A wordA word naming the format of the bitmap. The word may not contain any spaces, and the characters of the word are limited to letters, numbers, and these special characters: period, hyphen, underscore, and colon.
Restriction@format is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example

...
<p>... The map symbol indicating these conditions will be a
<private-char name="BentArrow" 
  description="Symbol - right arrow bending up over right arrow bending down">
<glyph-data id="pc5001" format="PBM" resolution="300" x-size="15" y-size="28">
000000000001000
000000000011100
000000000111110
000000001111111
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
111111111110000
000000000000000
000000000000000
111111111110000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000000001000
000000001111111
000000000111110
000000000011100
000000000001000
</glyph-data></private-char>. The NOAA 1993 standard definition of
<private-char name="BentArrow" 
  description="Symbol - right arrow bending up over right arrow bending down">
<glyph-ref glyph-data="pc5001"/>
</private-char> will apply.</p>
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