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The ZIM file format is based on the zeno file format. It starts with a header, which is described here: | The ZIM file format is based on the zeno file format. It starts with a header, which is described here: | ||
== Header == | |||
length in byte, all types are littlendian | length in byte, all types are littlendian | ||
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Each article in the zim file has a directory entry. Since the directory entry has a variable size, we have a index pointerlist, which is a list of 4-byte offsets, which points to the directory entries. | Each article in the zim file has a directory entry. Since the directory entry has a variable size, we have a index pointerlist, which is a list of 4-byte offsets, which points to the directory entries. | ||
== Namespaces == | |||
Namespaces seperate different types of data stored in the ZIM File Format. | |||
They can be distinguished by prepending the article namespace before the article name in the URL path, eg. ''http://localhost/A/Articlename''. | |||
{|{{Prettytable}} | |||
! Namespace !! Description | |||
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| - || template data | |||
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| A || articles | |||
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| I || images, files - see [[Image Handling]] | |||
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| J || images, text - see [[Image Handling]] | |||
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| U || categories, text - see [[Category Handling]] | |||
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| V || categories, article list - see [[Category Handling]] | |||
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| W || ''deprecated'' - see [[Zeno File Format]] | |||
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| X || fulltext index | |||
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| Y || ''deprecated'' - see [[Zeno File Format]] | |||
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| Z || ''deprecated'' - see [[Zeno File Format]] | |||
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