Template:Information

DescriptionInformation
Date
Source
Author
Permission (Reusing this file)
Other versions

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TemplateData

This template is used to provide formatting to the basic information for files (description, source, author, etc.). For a full usage description of the template, see Commons:First steps/Quality and description.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Description	description	Description of the image or media file, including subject and location. Default {{description missing}} Example Photo of a penguin in Antarctica	Unknown	required
Date of creation	date	When the original source was created. Example 2001-12-31	Unknown	suggested
Source	source	Where the file is from (own files should be tagged with {{own}}). Default {{source missing}}	Unknown	required
Author	author	Original author of the file; where appropriate, use {{Creator:Name Surname}}. Default {{author missing}}	Unknown	required
Permission	permission	License and other usage limitations and warnings.	Unknown	suggested
Other versions	other versionsother_versions	Links to files with very similar content or derived files.	Unknown	suggested
Other fields	other fieldsother_fields	Additional table fields added on the bottom of the template.	Unknown	optional
Other fields 1	other fields 1other_fields_1	Additional table fields added between Description and Date rows.	Unknown	optional

Example usage

Example for photograph

For example the source code of the description of photograph File:Piers Sellers spacewalk.jpg is:

The code hereinbefore produces the following information table:

DescriptionInformation	English: Astronaut Piers Sellers during the third spacewalk of STS-121, a demonstration of orbiter heat shield repair techniques.
Date	2006-07-12
Source	NASA News & Events – http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/121_gallery/hi-resjpgs/14.jpg, from http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/121_gallery/index_noaccess.html
Author	NASA, astronaut Michael Edward Fossum

Example other_fields

Example using the other fields parameter to display a credit line:

{{Information
| Description  = Description
| Date         = 2008-06-09
| Source       = {{own}}
| Author       = John Doe
| Other fields = {{Credit line |Author = © John Doe | Other = Wikimedia Commons |License = CC-BY-3.0 & GFDL}}
}}

will produce:

Template:Credit line

DescriptionInformation	Description
Date	2008-06-09
Source	Own work
Author	John Doe

Recommendations

For many media it is desirable to use a geocoding template in addition to the Information template.

Microformat

This template also emits an hCalendar microformat marking the creation of the image as an event. To do this, it requires the {{Date}} template, and takes the file name as the "summary" property. Optionally, it can include the {{Creator}} as an attendee and an hCard microformat, and use the contents of {{Description}} as the hCalendar's "description" property. Coordinates may be included by use of {{Location}} or {{Object location}}.

See also Commons:Machine-readable data.

See also

• Commons:Infobox templates
• {{Artwork}} for specialized infobox template used for artworks
• {{Book}} for specialized infobox template used for book page scans
• {{Information field}} and {{Credit line}}
• {{Translation table}} and {{mld}} for category descriptions