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# Name atom ('name')

An atom you use to provide a name for a metadata item.

## Overview

The Name atom is a full atom with an atom type of `‘name’`. This atom contains a metadata name formatted as a string of UTF-8 characters, to fill the atom. It is optional. If it is not present, the item is unnamed, and cannot be referred to by name. Names are not user visible; they provide a way to refer to metadata items. The maximum length of a name may be limited in specific environments.

No two metadata items may have the same name.

## Topics

### Data fields

[`Version`](/documentation/quicktime-file-format/Name_atom/Version)

One byte.

[`Flags`](/documentation/quicktime-file-format/Name_atom/Flags)

Three bytes.

[`Name`](/documentation/quicktime-file-format/Name_atom/Name)

An array of bytes, constituting a UTF-8 string, containing the name.


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