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MIME types
 
 
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a standard for describing different types of information. MIME content types consists of a main type and a subtype. The main type declares the general type of media, and the subtype defines the specific format for that media. The two are separated by a forward slash, "main type/subtype". For example, image/jpg has a main type of image, and the subtype is jpg.

There are 8 main types:
  • application
  • audio
  • image
  • message
  • model
  • multipart
  • text
  • video
The combination of main type and subtype is generally called a MIME type. The subtypes can be divided into:
  • a standard subtype
  • a vendor specific subtype (indicated by "vnd")
  • an experimental or unofficial subtype (indicated by "x")
The MIME types are maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and the official listing of defined MIME types can be found at: http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/

This list below (last updated: 22 dec 2005) is based on the information retrieved from: http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/

Note 1:
The experimental subtypes are not displayed below because they are unofficial.

Note 2:
Display an unofficial list of MIME types.
This list (mime.types) can be found in the Apache 2.0.55 installation.

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MIME type File extension Remark
image/cgm    
image/fits .fits  
image/g3fax    
image/gif .gif  
image/ief .ief  
image/jp2 .jp2, .jpg2 .jp2 is preferred
image/jpeg .jpeg, .jpg, .jpe  
image/jpm .jpm, .jpgm .jpm is preferred
image/jpx .jpf, .jpx  
image/naplps    
image/pjpeg .pjpeg progressive jpeg. Internet Explorer specific mime-type
image/png .png  
image/prs.btif .btif, .btf  
image/prs.pti .pti  
image/t38 .t38  
image/tiff .tif  
image/tiff-fx .tfx  
image/vnd.adobe.photoshop .psd  
image/vnd.cns.inf2    
image/vnd.djvu .djvu, .djv  
image/vnd.dwg .dwg  
image/vnd.dxf .dxf  
image/vnd.fastbidsheet .fbs  
image/vnd.fpx .fpx  
image/vnd.fst .fst  
image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-mmr .mmr  
image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc .rlc  
image/vnd.globalgraphics.pgb .pgb  
image/vnd.microsoft.icon .ico  
image/vnd.mix    
image/vnd.ms-modi .mdi  
image/vnd.net-fpx    
image/vnd.sealed.png .spng, .spn, .s1n  
image/vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.gif .sgif, .sgi, .s1g  
image/vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.jpg .sjpg, .sjp, .s1j  
image/vnd.svf .svf  
image/vnd.wap.wbmp .wbmp  
image/vnd.xiff .xif