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title: primary output format
details: /configuration/outputs/
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A _primary output format_ defines the default URL returned by the [`Permalink`] and [`RelPermalink`] methods for a given [page kind](g). It is specified as the first entry within the [outputs configuration] for that page kind.

[`Permalink`]: /methods/page/permalink/
[`RelPermalink`]: /methods/page/relpermalink/
[outputs configuration]: /configuration/outputs/