Data formats

Created by r.turner, last modified by r.bromley on 20 Jul 2021

The data format property is used as an extension of a data type to describe the structure and intent of the data. For example, a location has a data type of object, and a data format of location. Another example is a HTML block, which has a data type of string and a data format of html.

The data format is a string value and is designed to allow custom types to be added.

Supported data formats

The following list contains the data formats that are currently understood by Contensis:

Data format	Data type	Description	Applicable Validations
entry	object	An entry format for storing content.	required allowedContentTypes
asset	object	An asset format that represents a file resource.	required allowedContentTypes
location	object	Represents a point on the surface of the Earth.	required
quote	object	A quote with text and a source.	required requiredFields
dateRange	object	Represents a range of date times.	required min max pastDateTime
image	object	Wraps an Asset with an additional caption property.	required requiredFields
field	objectArray	Represents a composed type, defined as an objectArray data type.	required allowedFieldTypes
component.*	object	Represents a component type. The asterisk represents the component id.	required allowedFieldTypes
heading	string	Represents a document heading.	required
html	string	A string of HTML markup.	required
markdown	string	A string of markdown markup.	required