Is the binaryness/textness of a data format a property?

Hello Data Format Experts!

[Definition] Property: an attribute, quality, or characteristic of something.

JPEG is a binary data format.
CSV is a text data format.

Question #1: Is the binaryness/textness of a data format a property?

Question #2: If the answer to Question #1 is yes, then what is the name of this binaryness/textness property?

Question #3: Here is another way of asking Question #2: Please fill in the following blanks with the property name (both blanks should be filled with the same thing):

For the JPEG data format: _____ = binary.
For the CSV data format: _____ = text.

/Roger
Received on Fri Mar 20 2020 - 07:22:33 CDT