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== TemplateData == {{Collapse top|title=[[Wikipedia:TemplateData|TemplateData]] documentation used by [[Wikipedia:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] and other tools}} {{TemplateData header|noheader=1}} <templatedata> { "description": "An infobox for computer software", "format": "block", "params": { "title": { "label": "Title", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Name of the computer program. Displayed at the top of the infobox.", "aliases": [ "name" ], "default": "{{PAGENAMEBASE}}" }, "logo": { "label": "Logo", "type": "wiki-file-name", "required": false, "description": "Filename for the image e.g. 'The GIMP icon - gnome.svg' ", "default": "{{#Property:P154}}" }, "logo size": { "label": "Logo size", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Size of the logo.", "aliases": [ "logo_size" ] }, "logo alt": { "label": "Logo alternative text", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Alternative text for the logo (used by the blind and when web browsers cannot or do not load the image)", "aliases": [ "logo_alt" ] }, "logo caption": { "label": "Logo caption", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Caption for the logo. Must only be used to provide anything far more important than 'This is the logo of X'. e.g. used for inserting {{ffdc}} or {{deletable image-caption}}." }, "screenshot": { "label": "Screenshot", "type": "wiki-file-name", "required": false, "description": "File name for a screenshot of the image, e.g. 'GIMP screenshot.png'" }, "screenshot size": { "label": "Screenshot size", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Size of screenshot", "aliases": [ "screenshot_size" ] }, "screenshot alt": { "label": "Screenshot alternative text", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Alternative text for the screenshot (used by the blind and when web browsers cannot or do not load the image)", "aliases": [ "screenshot_alt" ] }, "caption": { "label": "Caption", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Caption for the screenshot" }, "collapsible": { "label": "Collapsible?", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Whether this screenshot is hidden by default, set to 'yes' to place the screenshot in a collapsible section" }, "author": { "label": "Original author", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Name of the original author or publisher of the software. It can be either an individual or an organization/business. Most of the time, it only needs to be specified when developer field is populated." }, "developer": { "label": "Developer", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Name of the current developer of the software. It can be either an individual or an organization/business." }, "released": { "label": "Initial release date", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The date in which version 1.0 (or closely-matching release) of the software in question reaches its release to manufacturing (RTM) stage. In case the article is about a specific major release of a piece of software (for instance Internet Explorer 8 or Microsoft Office 2007), this field should contain the date in which that specific major release reached RTM stage. In case the software is still in development and has not reached its RTM stage, please ignore this field; do not use this field to specify the release date of the first preview/test release of the software; there is already another parameter for that use. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age|year|month|day}} In case the article uses DMY as date format, use this code instead: {{Start date and age|year|month|day|df=yes}} If you are unsure which date format to use, please consult WP:MOSDATES." }, "discontinued": { "label": "Discontinued?", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Whether this software is no longer being developed, thus changing the phrase 'Latest release' in the infobox to 'Final release'. For technical reasons, anything for this parameter has the same effect, be it 'yes', 'no' or anything else. To nullify the effect of this parameter, you need to omit it." }, "ver layout": { "label": "Version info layout", "description": "Defines how version number information appear in the infobox. Can be set to \"simple\" (default) or \"stacked\". \"Simple\" allocates an ordinary row to \"latest release version\" and another to \"latest preview version\". But \"stacked\" gives the full width of the row the info and adds a header, so that several version numbers can appear and use the infobox space more efficiently. Additionally, \"stacked\" could automately generate an edit link at the header to allow editors to update the version number.", "autovalue": "simple", "type": "string" }, "latest release version": { "label": "Latest release version", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The version number of the latest release of the software. E.g. 'v1.5', '2008 (v12.2)', ", "aliases": [ "latest_release_version" ] }, "latest release date": { "label": "Latest release date", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The release date of the latest released version. If no update is released for the software since its initial release, please omit this field; filling in the released field would be enough. The content of this field should look like the following: {{Start date and age|year|month|day}}", "aliases": [ "latest_release_date" ] }, "latest preview version": { "label": "Latest preview version", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The version number of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release version provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.", "aliases": [ "latest_preview_version" ] }, "latest preview date": { "label": "Latest preview date", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Specifies the release date of the latest preview version or development branch. Should only be specified when development of a new version of the software in question (newer than one specified in latest release version) is in progress. Please consult descriptions for latest release date provided above for best practices of specifying this parameter.", "aliases": [ "latest_preview_date" ] }, "programming language": { "label": "Programming language", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The programming language in which the subject of the infobox is created. If the programming language of the software has a corresponding article on Wikipedia, please link to it. E.g. '[[C++]] and [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]'. Be advised that Wikipedia policies such as [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] and [[Wikipedia:No original research]] also apply here.", "aliases": [ "programming_language" ] }, "engine": { "label": "Software engine", "description": "[[Software engine]] used by this program. In absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the engine from Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata engine. May also use plural.", "type": "wiki-page-name", "aliases": [ "engines" ] }, "operating system": { "label": "Operating system", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The operating system on which the given software works. E.g. '[[Microsoft Windows]]' or '[[Windows]]', '[[Windows XP]] and later'. If the subject of the article is a web app, library or an SO-agnostic source code, ignore this parameter. Please be as accurate as possible in specifying this parameter (but also be mindful of the length) and avoid specifying vague phrases such as 'Cross-platform' (or its redirect, Multi-platform) or 'Unix-like' (implies that the subject runs on most desktops, server and mobile devices).", "aliases": [ "operating_system" ] }, "platform": { "label": "Platform", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The computing platform on which the software runs. Can be specific processors like '[[IA-32]]' (i386), '[[x86-64]]' 'Itanium', 'ARM' or 'MIPS'." }, "included with": { "label": "Included with", "description": "Devices and operating systems that come preloaded with this browser.", "type": "string" }, "size": { "label": "Size", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Size of the installer package. Only applies to software available via download. E.g. '{{Nowrap|48 MB}}'." }, "language": { "label": "Language", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Lists the natural languages in which the software's user interface can interact with user. Please do not supply 'Multilingual' or such vague phrases." }, "language count": { "label": "Language count", "type": "number", "required": false, "description": "Number of natural languages in which the software's user interface can interact with user." }, "language footnote": { "label": "Language footnote", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Use this parameter to supply citation on available translations." }, "genre": { "label": "Genre", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": false, "description": "Type of program. Should be wikilinked to an article such as '[[Geographic information system]]'. For more information, consult List of software categories." }, "license": { "label": "License", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Name of the software license under which the user is allowed to use the software. E.g. '[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]', '[[GNU General Public License]] version 3', '[[Modified BSD License]]'. May also use Commonwealth English spelling.", "aliases": [ "licence" ] }, "website": { "label": "Website", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The web site URL of the software package. This URL must be readable in print. Therefore, you should use '{{URL}}' template like this: '{{URL|http://www.example.com}}'. Avoid using printer-hostile forms like '[http://www.example.com Example website]'. In absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the website link form Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata link. (It is useful when a second infobox for something different is defined on a page.) In addition, the special value 'hide' suppresses this field, even in presence of a Wikidata link. This is useful for articles with several infoboxes, to avoid repeating one Wikidata link." }, "repo": { "label": "Source code repository", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "The online source code repository, if available. For example, the sourceforge or github project page. As with the website parameter, this should use the {{URL}} template. In the absence of this parameter, infobox attempts to acquire the repository link from Wikidata. This parameter overrides the Wikidata link." }, "standard": { "label": "Standard(s)", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Technical standard of the software." }, "AsOf": { "label": "Infobox timestamp (AsOf)", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Infobox timestamp in the form of month name, space character, year (four digits). Used by maintenance procedures and bots." }, "bodystyle": { "label": "Body style (CSS)", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "CSS styling for the infobox as a whole" }, "other_names": { "type": "string", "label": "Other names", "description": "Other (or former) names for the software" }, "qid": { "type": "string" }, "middleware": { "type": "string", "label": "Middleware", "description": "The middleware used by the software", "example": "Havok" }, "replaces": { "type": "string", "label": "Replaces", "description": "What the software replaces" }, "replaced_by": { "type": "wiki-page-name", "label": "Replaced by", "description": "Software that replaces this one" }, "service_name": { "type": "string", "label": "Service name", "description": "The service name for the software" } }, "paramOrder": [ "bodystyle", "title", "screenshot", "logo", "logo caption", "logo size", "logo alt", "collapsible", "screenshot size", "screenshot alt", "caption", "other_names", "author", "developer", "released", "ver layout", "discontinued", "latest release version", "latest release date", "latest preview version", "latest preview date", "repo", "qid", "programming language", "middleware", "engine", "operating system", "platform", "included with", "replaces", "replaced_by", "service_name", "size", "standard", "language", "language count", "language footnote", "genre", "license", "website", "AsOf" ] } </templatedata> {{Collapse bottom}}
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