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# NFCTypeNameFormat

The Type Name Format values that specify the content type for the payload data in an NFC NDEF message.

```
enum NFCTypeNameFormat
```

## Topics

### Content Types

[`NFCTypeNameFormatAbsoluteURI`](/documentation/CoreNFC/NFCTypeNameFormat/absoluteURI)

A type indicating that the payload contains a uniform resource identifier.

[`NFCTypeNameFormatEmpty`](/documentation/CoreNFC/NFCTypeNameFormat/empty)

A type indicating that the payload contains no data.

[`NFCTypeNameFormatMedia`](/documentation/CoreNFC/NFCTypeNameFormat/media)

A type indicating that the payload contains media data as defined by RFC 2046.

[`NFCTypeNameFormatNFCExternal`](/documentation/CoreNFC/NFCTypeNameFormat/nfcExternal)

A type indicating that the payload contains NFC external type data.

[`NFCTypeNameFormatNFCWellKnown`](/documentation/CoreNFC/NFCTypeNameFormat/nfcWellKnown)

A type indicating that the payload contains well-known NFC record type data.

[`NFCTypeNameFormatUnchanged`](/documentation/CoreNFC/NFCTypeNameFormat/unchanged)

A type indicating that the payload is part of a series of records containing chunked data.

[`NFCTypeNameFormatUnknown`](/documentation/CoreNFC/NFCTypeNameFormat/unknown)

A type indicating that the payload data type is unknown.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

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