Template:FIAV

[[File:FIAV {{{1}}}.svg|x15px|link=Vexillological symbol|alt=|Vexillological description]]

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This template can be used to put vexillological symbols in flag descriptions. Furthermore, when this template is used, some explanation text will be shown when the mouse pointer is placed over the displayed symbol. A bug in WP:Navigation popups will prevent this.

Usage

The symbols exist as SVG-files at commons:Category:Vexillological symbols.

Usage symbols

Usage symbols are created from a 6-figure combination of ones and zeros. The symbols are a map of the following information:

Caption text

	Civil	State	War
Flags	Flown by private citizens on land. (File:FIAV 100000.svg)	Flown by governments on land. (File:FIAV 010000.svg)	Flown by military forces on land. (File:FIAV 001000.svg)
Ensigns	Flown by private citizens at sea. (File:FIAV 000100.svg)	Flown by governments at sea. (File:FIAV 000010.svg)	Flown by military forces at sea. (File:FIAV 000001.svg)

OOC

Some nations, such as the United States, use one of these flags for all purposes (File:FIAV 111111.svg). Others, like Peru, have the "regular" flag (File:FIAV 100100.svg), sometimes called the "national flag," but one used when flown by the government on both land and sea (File:FIAV 010010.svg), often with the addition of the coat of arms. War flags and ensigns are seen especially in Scandinavian countries, such as Sweden, who add a swallowtail to the regular flag (File:FIAV 001001.svg). Sometimes, as with Peru, the civil and state flags may be regularly confused and shown for the opposite or both purposes.

When a single flag is used as the flag for every use of a nation, it is technically called the "national flag" (File:FIAV 111000.svg). Similarly, a single ensign for every use of a nation at sea is a "national ensign" (File:FIAV 000111.svg). However, as with Peru again, the actual designation of a "national flag" may vary. The national flag of a nation is often designated as the regular flag, or the one generally used whenever a nation is represented in the abstract, even when it has limited use (e.g. File:FIAV 100000.svg).

The easiest example between private, state and war flags and ensigns is seen in the ensigns of the United Kingdom. The Red Ensign is flown by private citizens at sea (File:FIAV 000100.svg), the Blue Ensign is flown by official services in the UK on the water (File:FIAV 000010.svg), and the White Ensign is used by British naval vessels (File:FIAV 000001.svg). At the same time, the Union Jack serves as the national flag for all purposes on land (File:FIAV 111000.svg).

Flags and ensigns that go beyond these simple categories can be documented in two ways, fitting in with similar-enough categories, or marked as other (File:FIAV 000000.svg). "Other" flags include things like air force and civil air ensigns, like the New Zealand Civil Air Ensign and the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign (both based on the UK ensigns). Types of flags not regularly marked as such under the system, but apply to the categories, would be the historical use of the U.S. Coast Guard Ensign as a state and war ensign (File:FIAV 000011.svg), and yacht ensign as a civil ensign (File:FIAV 000100.svg). It would be best to say that that the U.S. yacht ensign is a civil ensign rather than the civil ensign of the U.S. However, flags which do not stand as an ensign or flag on their own, such as naval jacks like that of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, are best marked as other (File:FIAV 000000.svg).

Many, if not the majority, of the symbols do not apply to any OOC flags. Traditionally, either one flag serves all purposes, or purposes are often reduced in a similar order (because flags were first commonly used as identification at sea, naval ensigns and other ensigns are often separate from a national flag). Unusual flag uses include the alternate flag of El Salvador (File:FIAV 011110.svg; not used as a naval ensign, but also not used as the civil flag) and the Flag of New Zealand (File:FIAV 111010.svg; no separate state ensign because the flag is already based on the UK Blue Ensign).

FIAV Symbols

Symbol	Meaning	Code	Symbol	Meaning	Code
File:FIAV 100000.svg	Civil flag	{{FIAV|100000}}	File:FIAV 111000.svg	National flag	{{FIAV|111000}}
File:FIAV 010000.svg	State flag	{{FIAV|010000}}	File:FIAV 000111.svg	National ensign	{{FIAV|000111}}
File:FIAV 001000.svg	War flag	{{FIAV|001000}}	File:FIAV 011001.svg	State and war flag, war ensign	{{FIAV|011001}}
File:FIAV 000100.svg	Civil ensign	{{FIAV|000100}}	File:FIAV 010101.svg	State flag, civil and war ensign	{{FIAV|010101}}
File:FIAV 000010.svg	State ensign	{{FIAV|000010}}	File:FIAV 110110.svg	Civil and state flags and ensigns	{{FIAV|110110}}
File:FIAV 000001.svg	War ensign	{{FIAV|000001}}	File:FIAV 011011.svg	State and war flags and ensigns	{{FIAV|011011}}
File:FIAV 110000.svg	Civil and state flag	{{FIAV|110000}}	File:FIAV 111100.svg	National flag, civil ensign	{{FIAV|111100}}
File:FIAV 011000.svg	State and war flag	{{FIAV|011000}}	File:FIAV 111010.svg	National flag, state ensign	{{FIAV|111010}}
File:FIAV 000110.svg	Civil and state ensign	{{FIAV|000110}}	File:FIAV 111110.svg	National flag, civil and state ensign	{{FIAV|111110}}
File:FIAV 000011.svg	State and war ensign	{{FIAV|000011}}	File:FIAV 111011.svg	National flag, state and war ensign	{{FIAV|111011}}
File:FIAV 100100.svg	Civil flag and ensign	{{FIAV|100100}}	File:FIAV 011111.svg	State and war flag, national ensign	{{FIAV|011111}}
File:FIAV 010010.svg	State flag and ensign	{{FIAV|010010}}	File:FIAV 110111.svg	Civil and state flag, national ensign	{{FIAV|110111}}
File:FIAV 001001.svg	War flag and ensign	{{FIAV|001001}}	File:FIAV 111111.svg	National flag and ensign	{{FIAV|111111}}
File:FIAV 000101.svg	Civil and war ensign	{{FIAV|000101}}	File:FIAV 100001.svg	Civil flag, war ensign	{{FIAV|100001}}
File:FIAV 100010.svg	Civil flag, state ensign	{{FIAV|100010}}	File:FIAV 100011.svg	Civil flag, state and war ensign	{{FIAV|100011}}
File:FIAV 100101.svg	Civil flag, civil and war ensign	{{FIAV|100101}}	File:FIAV 100110.svg	Civil flag, civil and state ensign	{{FIAV|100110}}
File:FIAV 100111.svg	Civil flag, national ensign	{{FIAV|100111}}	File:FIAV 101000.svg	Civil and war flag	{{FIAV|101000}}
File:FIAV 101001.svg	Civil and war flag, war ensign	{{FIAV|101001}}	File:FIAV 101010.svg	Civil and war flag, state ensign	{{FIAV|101010}}
File:FIAV 101011.svg	Civil and war flag, state and war ensign	{{FIAV|101011}}	File:FIAV 101100.svg	Civil and war flag, civil ensign	{{FIAV|101100}}
File:FIAV 101101.svg	Civil and war flags and ensigns	{{FIAV|101101}}	File:FIAV 101110.svg	Civil and war flag, civil and state ensign	{{FIAV|101110}}
File:FIAV 101111.svg	Civil and war flag, national ensign	{{FIAV|101111}}	File:FIAV 110001.svg	Civil and state flag, war ensign	{{FIAV|110001}}
File:FIAV 110010.svg	Civil and state flag, state ensign	{{FIAV|110010}}	File:FIAV 110011.svg	Civil and state flag, state and war ensign	{{FIAV|110011}}
File:FIAV 110100.svg	Civil and state flag, civil ensign	{{FIAV|110100}}	File:FIAV 110101.svg	Civil and state flag, civil and war ensign	{{FIAV|110101}}
File:FIAV 010001.svg	State flag, war ensign	{{FIAV|010001}}	File:FIAV 010011.svg	State flag, state and war ensign	{{FIAV|010011}}
File:FIAV 010100.svg	State flag, civil ensign	{{FIAV|010100}}	File:FIAV 010110.svg	State flag, state and civil ensign	{{FIAV|010110}}
File:FIAV 010111.svg	State flag, national ensign	{{FIAV|010111}}	File:FIAV 011010.svg	State flag and ensign, war flag	{{FIAV|011010}}
File:FIAV 011100.svg	State and war flag, civil ensign	{{FIAV|011100}}	File:FIAV 011101.svg	State and war flag, civil and war ensign	{{FIAV|011101}}
File:FIAV 011110.svg	State and war flag, civil and state ensign	{{FIAV|011110}}	File:FIAV 001010.svg	War flag, state ensign	{{FIAV|001010}}
File:FIAV 001011.svg	War flag, state and war ensign	{{FIAV|001011}}	File:FIAV 001100.svg	War flag, civil ensign	{{FIAV|001100}}
File:FIAV 001101.svg	War flag, civil and war ensign	{{FIAV|001101}}	File:FIAV 001110.svg	War flag, civil and state ensign	{{FIAV|001110}}
File:FIAV 001111.svg	War flag, national ensign	{{FIAV|001111}}	File:FIAV 111001.svg	National flag, war ensign	{{FIAV|111001}}
File:FIAV 111101.svg	National flag, civil and war ensign	{{FIAV|111101}}	File:FIAV 000000.svg	Other	{{FIAV|000000}}

Property symbols

	Description	Code
File:FIAV normal.svg	Normal or de jure version of flag, or obverse side	{{FIAV|normal}}
File:FIAV proposal.svg	Design was proposed in the past, but never officially adopted	{{FIAV|proposal}}
File:FIAV reconstructed.svg	Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations	{{FIAV|reconstructed}}
File:FIAV reverse.svg	Reverse side of flag	{{FIAV|reverse}}
File:FIAV variant.svg	Design is an acceptable variant	{{FIAV|variant}}
File:FIAV alternate.svg	Alternate version of flag	{{FIAV|alternate}}
File:FIAV defacto.svg	De facto version of flag	{{FIAV|defacto}}
File:FIAV twosided.svg	Flag has different designs on its obverse side and its reverse side	{{FIAV|twosided}}
File:FIAV sinister.svg	Obverse side meant to be hoisted with pole to the observer's right	{{FIAV|sinister}}
File:FIAV historical.svg	Design used in the past, but now abandoned	{{FIAV|historical}}
File:FIAV noflag.svg	Flag is not authorized to represent the group or country	{{FIAV|noflag}}
File:FIAV authorised.svg	Design officially authorized to represent nation by government of that nation	{{FIAV|authorised}}
File:FIAV vertnormal.svg	Flag can be hung vertically by hoisting on a normal pole, then turning the pole 90°	{{FIAV|vertnormal}}
File:FIAV vertrotate.svg	Flag can be hung vertically by rotating the design first	{{FIAV|vertrotate}}
File:FIAV vertexclusive.svg	Flag can be hoisted vertically only	{{FIAV|vertexclusive}}

Examples

File:FIAV historical.svg Former flag of Batavia

• {{FIAV|111111}} gives this: File:FIAV 111111.svg
• [[File:Batavia flag old.png|thumb|{{FIAV|historical}} Former flag of Batavia]] gives the flag as shown on the right.