Meta Information Xml Reference

Groups

Package Info (3)

[MetaInformation] [language] [Attribute]

Classes

Attribute

Set an extension or package specific attribute.

Attribute element examples

<Attribute id="Package:Name" value="Example Package"/>
<Attribute id="Package:Version" value="1.0.0.2"/>

Attributes (2)

id (enum): Package attribute ID
value (string): Package attribute value to set

Meta

Group: [Package Info]

MetaInformation

Extension meta information file (metainfo.xml) root element.

Use as root element in the extension metainfo.xml file to parent package attribute defining elements.

metainfo.xml example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MetaInformation>
  <Attribute id="Package:ID" value="com.vendor.package.{platform}"/>
  <Attribute id="Package:Name" value="Demo Package"/>
  <Attribute id="Package:Description" value="Demo Package Description"/>
  <Attribute id="Package:Version" value="1.0.0.0"/>
  <Attribute id="Package:Vendor" value="Demo Vendor"/>
  <Attribute id="Package:Website" value="https://www.vendor.com"/>
</MetaInformation>

Meta

Group: [Package Info]

language

Language prolog.

Use as an if-statement, followed by the configuration option to set for that language. Supported languages are: de, es, fr, it, ja, pt, zh.

<language> element format

<?language [LANG]?>
<!-- option -->

Set language specific package attributes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MetaInformation>
   <?language de?>
   <Attribute id="Package:LocalizedDescription" value="Programmerweiterung..."/>
   <?language es?>
   <Attribute id="Package:LocalizedDescription" value="Ampliación del programa..."/>
   <!-- Other languages ... -->
</MetaInformation>

Meta

Group: [Package Info]

Enums

Attribute.id

Enumerators

Package::LocalizedDescription: Localized package description
Package:Copyright: Package copyright information
Package:Description: Package description
Package:Executable: Package executable path
Package:ID: Unique package identifier (e.g. ‘com.vendor.package’)
Package:Icon: Package icon (path to image file)
Package:IconSet: Package icon set (path to image file)
Package:LocalizedName: Localized package name
Package:Name: Package name
Package:ShortID: Short package identifier (optional, e.g. ‘package’)
Package:Vendor: Package vendor name
Package:Version: Package version number
Package:Website: Package vendor or product website