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<h1><a class="anchor" name="format_metadata">Format - metadata </a></h1>A metadata definition consists of:<p>
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<li>a bit, being 0 if the metadata set is empty, 1 otherwise.</li>
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Then, if the set is not empty:<p>
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<li>a <a class="el" href="format_32v.html">variable length integer</a> representing the number of metadata pairs present in the set.</li>
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Then, for that number:<p>
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<li>a <a class="el" href="format_32v.html">variable length integer</a> representing the number of bytes in the tag name. </li>
<li>that same number of bytes, representing the tag name. The typical C string terminating NUL is not included. </li>
<li>a <a class="el" href="format_32v.html">variable length integer</a> representing the number of bytes in the value. </li>
<li>that same number of bytes, representing the value. This value may be any stream of arbitrary, but is encouraged to be UTF-8, though this is not enforced and should not be assumed. No terminating NUL. </li>
<li>a bit, being 0 if the metadata pair applies to the whole object, or 1 if there are bounds</li>
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If there are bounds:<p>
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<li>a <a class="el" href="format_32v.html">variable length integer</a> representing the start point of the segment the metadata applies to. </li>
<li>a <a class="el" href="format_32v.html">variable length integer</a> representing the end point of the segment the metadata applies to.</li>
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Next, we have a <a class="el" href="format_warp.html">warp</a>.<p>
Then, the data for this metadata pair ends.<p>
Next, we have a <a class="el" href="format_warp.html">warp</a>.<p>
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