---
title: "Data atom ('data')"
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: symbol
role_heading: Atom
path: quicktime-file-format/data_atom
---

# Data atom ('data')

An atom that contains the type and locale specific value of metadata.

## Overview

Overview The Data atom has an atom type of ‘data’, and contains four bytes each of type and locale indicators, as specified in Type indicator and Locale indicator, and then the actual value of the metadata, formatted as required by the type.

## Topics

### Data fields

- [Type indicator](quicktime-file-format/data_atom/type_indicator.md)
- [Locale indicator](quicktime-file-format/data_atom/locale_indicator.md)
- [Value](quicktime-file-format/data_atom/value.md)

## See Also

### Atoms

- [Country list atom ('ctry')](quicktime-file-format/country_list_atom.md)
- [Language list atom ('lang')](quicktime-file-format/language_list_atom.md)
- [Metadata item keys atom ('keys')](quicktime-file-format/metadata_item_keys_atom.md)
- [Metadata item list atom ('ilst')](quicktime-file-format/metadata_item_list_atom.md)
- [Metadata item atom](quicktime-file-format/metadata_item_atom.md)
- [Value atom](quicktime-file-format/value_atom.md)
- [Item information atom ('itif')](quicktime-file-format/item_information_atom.md)
- [Name atom ('name')](quicktime-file-format/name_atom.md)