Template:Infobox library classification/doc

Usage

{{Infobox Software
|name                       = 
|logo                       = 
|screenshot                 = 
|caption                    = 
|collapsible                = 
|author                     = 
|developer                  = 
|released                   = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|latest release version     = 
|latest release date        = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|latest preview version     = 
|latest preview date        = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|frequently updated         = 
|programming language       = 
|operating system           = 
|platform                   = 
|size                       = 
|language                   = 
|status                     = 
|genre                      = 
|license                    = 
|website                    = 
}}

Example

Example: Yoyodyne

Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
Developer(s)	Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
Initial release	1911 (1911)
Stable release	0.9 / January 1, 2006 (2006-01-01)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Size	25MB
Type	Yoyonics
License	GNU General Public License
Website	example.org

{{Infobox Software
|name                   = Example: Yoyodyne
|logo                   = 
|screenshot             = [[Image:Yoyo patent 1866.png|200px]]
|caption                = Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
|developer              = Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
|released               = {{Start date|1911}}
|latest_release_version = 0.9
|latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|2006|1|1}}
|operating_system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
|operating_system_desc  = 
|size                   = 25MB
|genre                  = Yoyonics
|license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
|website                = [http://www.example.org example.org]
}}

Parameters

parameter	optional?	description
name	No	name of software (note: if you don't put the right thing here it breaks the latest release / latest preview fields when frequently_updated is enabled)
logo	Yes	logo
screenshot	Yes	screenshot image
caption	Yes	caption for screenshot
collapsible	Yes	can be set to "yes" in case of long vertical screenshot (see QQ for example)
author	Yes	original author of the program
developer	Yes	current developer of the program
released	Yes	the release date of version 1.0 (or closely-matching release). For subsequent or prior releases, use latest release date. Can use {{Start date}} template.
latest release version	Yes	latest released version number
latest release date	Yes	release date of the latest released version; suggested use of {{Start date and age}} template
latest maintenance version	Yes	version number of prior release branch
latest maintenance date	Yes	maintenance release date; suggested use of {{Start date and age}} template
latest preview version	Yes	version number of preview version or development branch
latest preview date	Yes	preview date; suggested use of {{Start date and age}} template
frequently updated	Yes	if set to "yes", latest release/preview date and version have to be defined in subtemplate by clicking the numbers directly in the infobox (make sure the "name" parameter above exactly matches the name of the subtemplate pages)
programming language	Yes	programming language
operating system	Yes	operating system. For Unix-like multi-OS programs use: Any [[Unix-like]]
platform	Yes	platform (Java, .NET). For multi-platform programs use: [[Cross-platform]]
size	Yes	in megabytes
language	Yes	natural language (English, French)
status	Yes	Should probably be one of: Planned, Active, Unmaintained
genre	No	Type of program. Probably wikilinked to an article such as Geographic information system.
license	No	License such as proprietary, [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]. Pick either license (American English) or licence (Commonwealth English), not both - select the one which matches the content of the article the template is used in.
website	No	Web site of software package.

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

See also

• Template:Infobox OS(edit talk links history) for operating systems
• Template:Infobox OS 2(edit talk links history) (differences unknown; no documentation)
• Template:Infobox VG(edit talk links history) for games