---
title: Name
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: symbol
role_heading: Data field
path: quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/name
---

# Name

A string with a human-readable name for a metadata type.

## Overview

Overview The name is a NULL-terminated string in UTF-8 characters which gives a human-readable name for a metadata type, for debugging and inspection purposes. The string may be empty or a single byte containing 0.

## See Also

### Data fields

- [Size](quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/size.md)
- [Type](quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/type.md)
- [Version](quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/version.md)
- [Flags](quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/flags.md)
- [Predefined](quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/predefined.md)
- [Handler type](quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/handler_type.md)
- [Reserved](quicktime-file-format/metadata_handler_atom/reserved.md)