# BMP Metadata Format Specification

The XML schema for the native image metadata format is as follows:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

    <!-- Schema for BMP native image metadata format. -->

    <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                xmlns="http://javax.imageio.plugins"
                targetNamespace="http://javax.imageio.plugins">

      <!-- Coordinates of a point in the CIE XYZ color space. -->
      <xsd:complexType name="XYZPoint">
        <xsd:sequence>
          <xsd:element name="X" type="xsd:double"/>
          <xsd:element name="Y" type="xsd:double"/>
          <xsd:element name="Z" type="xsd:double"/>
        </xsd:sequence>
      </xsd:complexType>

      <!-- BMP Schema 1.0 root element. -->
      <xsd:element name="javax_imageio_bmp_1.0">
        <xsd:complexType>
          <xsd:sequence>

            <!-- BMP version string -->
            <xsd:element name="BMPVersion" type="xsd:string"/>

            <!-- Bitmap width -->
            <xsd:element name="Width" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>

            <!-- Bitmap height -->
            <xsd:element name="Height" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>

            <!-- Number of bits per pixel -->
            <xsd:element name="BitsPerPixel" type="xsd:unsignedShort"/>

            <!-- Compression type -->
            <xsd:element name="Compression" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0"/>

            <!-- Image size in bytes -->
            <xsd:element name="ImageSize" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0"/>

            <!-- Resolution in pixels per unit distance -->
            <xsd:element name="PixelsPerMeter" minOccurs="0">
              <xsd:complexType>
                <xsd:sequence>
                  <xsd:element name="X" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Y" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                </xsd:sequence>
              </xsd:complexType>
            </xsd:element> <!-- PixelsPerMeter -->

            <!-- Number of color indexes in the color table actually used -->
            <xsd:element name="ColorsUsed" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0"/>

            <!-- Number of color indexes considered important for display -->
            <xsd:element name="ColorsImportant" type="xsd:unsignedInt"
                         minOccurs="0"/>

            <!-- Color masks; present for BI_BITFIELDS compression only -->
            <xsd:element name="Mask" minOccurs="0">
              <xsd:complexType>
                <xsd:sequence>
                  <xsd:element name="Red" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Green" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Blue" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Alpha" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0"/>
                </xsd:sequence>
              </xsd:complexType>
            </xsd:element>

            <!-- Color space  -->
            <xsd:element name="ColorSpaceType" type="xsd:unsignedInt"
                         minOccurs="0"/>

            <!-- CIE XYZ for the LCS_CALIBRATED_RGB color space -->
            <xsd:element name="CIEXYZEndpoints" minOccurs="0">
              <xsd:complexType>
                <xsd:sequence>
                  <xsd:element name="Red" type="XYZPoint"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Green" type="XYZPoint"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Blue" type="XYZPoint"/>
                </xsd:sequence>
              </xsd:complexType>
            </xsd:element>

            <!-- Gamma values for the LCS_CALIBRATED_RGB color space -->
            <xsd:element name="Gamma" minOccurs="0">
              <xsd:complexType>
                <xsd:sequence>
                  <xsd:element name="Red" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Green" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                  <xsd:element name="Blue" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
                </xsd:sequence>
              </xsd:complexType>
            </xsd:element>

            <!-- Rendering intent -->
            <xsd:element name="Intent" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0"/>

            <!-- The image colormap -->
            <xsd:element name="Palette" minOccurs="0">
              <xsd:complexType>
                <xsd:sequence>
                  <xsd:element name="PaletteEntry">
                    <xsd:complexType>
                      <xsd:sequence>
                        <xsd:element name="Red" type="xsd:unsignedByte"/>
                        <xsd:element name="Green" type="xsd:unsignedByte"/>
                        <xsd:element name="Blue" type="xsd:unsignedByte"/>
                        <xsd:element name="Alpha" type="xsd:unsignedByte" minOccurs="0"/>
                      </xsd:sequence>
                    </xsd:complexType>
                  </xsd:element>
                </xsd:sequence>
              </xsd:complexType>
            </xsd:element>

          </xsd:sequence>
        </xsd:complexType>
      </xsd:element> <!-- bmp_image_1.0 -->

    </xsd:schema>

Since:
  1.5