Multipart Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

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Description of Data ContentTypical Filename Extensions

MIME type/subtype



Text and Text-Related Types


HTML text data (RFC 1866)html htm
text/htmlPlain text: documents; program listingstxt c c++ pl cc h
text/plainRichtext (obsolete - replaced by text/enriched)

text/richtextStructure enhanced text (etx?)
text/x-setextEnriched text markup (RFC 1896)

text/enrichedTab-separated values (tabular)(tsv?)
text/tab-separated-valuesSGML documents (RFC 1874)

text/sgmlSpeech synthesis data (MVP Solutions)talk
text/x-speech



Document Stylesheet Types


Cascading Stylesheets css
text/cssDSSSL-online stylesheets

application/dsssl (proposed)



Image Types


GIF gif
image/gifX-Windows bitmap (b/w) xbm
image/x-xbitmapX-Windows pixelmap (8-bit color) xpm
image/x-xpixmapPortable Network Graphicspng
image/x-pngImage Exchange Format (RFC 1314)ief
image/iefJPEG jpeg jpg jpe
image/jpegTIFF tiff tif
image/tiffRGB rgb
image/rgb


image/x-rgb Group III Fax (RFC 1494)g3f
image/g3faxX Windowdump formatxwd
image/x-xwindowdumpMacintosh PICT formatpict
image/x-pictPPM (UNIX PPM package)ppm
image/x-portable-pixmapPGM (UNIX PPM package)pgm
image/x-portable-graymapPBM (UNIX PPM package)pbm
image/x-portable-bitmapPNM (UNIX PPM package)pnm
image/x-portable-anymapMicrosoft Windows bitmap bmp
image/x-ms-bmpCMU raster ras
image/x-cmu-rasterKodak Photo-CD pcd
image/x-photo-cdComputer Graphics Metafile cgm
image/cgmNorth Am. Presentation Layer Protocol

image/naplpsCALS Type 1 or 2mil cal
image/x-calsFractal Image Format (Iterated Systems)fif
image/fifQuickSilver active image (Micrografx) dsf
image/x-mgx-dsfCMX vector image (Corel)cmx
image/x-cmxWavelet-compressed (Summus)wi
image/waveletAutoCad Drawing (SoftSource)dwg
image/vnd.dwg


image/x-dwgAutoCad DXF file (SoftSource)dxf
image/vnd.dxf


image/x-dxfSimple Vector Format (SoftSource)svf
image/vnd.svf


also vector/x-svf SGI B&W bw
image/x-sgi-bw SGI RGB rgba sgi
image/x-sgi-rgba Encapusulated PostScript eps epsi epsf
image/x-eps



Audio/Voice/Music Related Types


"basic"audio - 8-bit u-law PCMau snd
audio/basicMacintosh audio format (AIpple)aif aiff aifc
audio/x-aiffMicrosoft audio wav
audio/x-wavMPEG audio mpa abs mpega
audio/x-mpegMPEG-2 audiomp2a mpa2
audio/x-mpeg2compressed speech (Echo Speech Corp.)es
audio/echospeech Toolvox speech audio (Voxware)vox
audio/voxware RapidTransit compressed audio (Fast Man)lcc
application/fastman Realaudio (Progressive Networks)ra ram
application/x-pn-realaudioRealaudio plugin (Progressive Networks)rm rpm
application/x-pn-realaudio-pluginNIFF music notation data format

application/vnd.music-niffMIDI music data mmid
x-music/x-midiKoan music data (SSeyo)skp
application/vnd.koan


application/x-koan Speech synthesis data (MVP Solutions)talk
text/x-speech



Video Types


MPEG videompeg mpg mpe
video/mpegMPEG-2 videompv2 mp2v
video/mpeg2Macintosh Quicktimeqt mov
video/quicktimeMicrosoft video avi
video/x-msvideoSGI Movie formatmovie
video/x-sgi-movieVDOlive streaming video (VDOnet)vdo
video/vdoVivo streaming video (Vivo software)viv
video/vnd.vivo


video/vivo Special HTTP/Web Application Types


Proxy autoconfiguration (Netscape browsers)pac
application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfigSee Chapter 6

application/x-www-form-urlencodedSee Chapter 9

application/x-www-local-execSee Chapter 9 (Netscape extension)

multipart/x-mixed-replaceSee Chapter 9 and Appendix B

multipart/form-dataNetscape Cooltalk chat data (Netscape)ice
x-conference/x-cooltalkInteractive chat (Ichat)

application/x-chat



Application Types






Text-Related


PostScript ai eps ps
application/postscriptMicrosoft Rich Text Formatrtf
application/rtfAdobe Acrobat PDF pdf
application/pdf


application/x-pdfMaker Interchange Format (FrameMaker)mif
application/vnd.mif


application/x-mif Troff documentt tr roff
application/x-troffTroff document with MAN macrosman
application/x-troff-manTroff document with ME macrosme
application/x-troff-meTroff document with MS macrosms
application/x-troff-msLaTeX document latex
application/x-latexTex/LateX documenttex
application/x-texGNU TexInfo documenttexinfo texi
application/x-texinfoTeX dvi format dvi
application/x-dviMacWrite document??
application/macwriteiiMS word documentdoc
application/mswordMS word for DOSmsw
application/x-dos_ms_wordWordPerfect 5.1 document??
application/wordperfect5.1SGML application (RFC 1874)

application/sgmlOffice Document Architectureoda
application/oda Envoy Documentevy
application/envoy


application/x-envoy Wang Info. Tranfer Format (Wang)

application/witaDEC Document Transfer Format (DEC)

application/dec-dxIBM Document Content Architecture (IBM)

application/dca-rft



CommonGround Digital Paper (No Hands Software)

application/commongroundFrameMaker Documents (Frame)doc fm frm frame
application/vnd.framemaker


application/x-maker


    application/x-framemakerRemote printing at arbitrary printers (RFC 1486)

application/remote-printing



Archive/Compressed Archives


Gnu tar formatgtar
application/x-gtar4.3BSD tar formattar
application/x-tarPOSIX tar formatustar
application/x-ustarOld CPIO formatbcpio
application/x-bcpioPOSIX CPIO formatcpio
application/x-cpioUNIX sh shell archiveshar
application/x-sharDOS/PC - Pkzipped archivezip
application/zipMacintosh Binhexed archive hqx
application/mac-binhex40 Macintosh Stuffit Archivesit sea
application/x-stuffit Macintosh Macbinary bin
application/x-macbinary Fractal Image Format fif
application/fractals


image/fifBinary, UUencodedbin uuBinary, UUencodedbin uu
application/octet-streamPC executableexe
application/octet-streamWAIS "sources"src wsrc
application/x-wais-sourceNCSA HDF data formathdf
application/hdf



Downloadable Program/Scripts


Javascript program js ls mocha
text/javascript


application/x-javascript VBScript program

text/vbscriptUNIX bourne shell programsh
application/x-shUNIX c-shell programcsh
application/x-cshPerl programpl
application/x-perlTcl (Tool Control Language) programtcl
application/x-tclAtomicmail program scripts (obsolete)

application/atomicmailSlate documents - executable enclosures (BBN)

application/slateUndefined binary data (often executable progs)

application/octet-streamRISC OS Executable programs (ANT Limited)

application/riscos



Animation/Multimedia


Andrew Toolkit inset

application/andrew-insetFutureSplash vector animation (FutureWave)spl
application/futuresplash mBED multimedia data (mBED)mbd
application/mbedlet Macromedia Shockwave (Macromedia)

application/x-directorSizzler real-time video/animation

application/x-spritePowerMedia multimedia (RadMedia)rad
application/x-rad-powermedia



Presentation


PowerPoint presentation (Microsoft)ppz
application/mspowerpoint PointPlus presentation data (Net Scene)css
application/x-pointplus ASAP WordPower (Software Publishing Corp.)asp
application/x-asap Astound Web Player multimedia data (GoldDisk)asn
application/astoundSpecial Embedded Object


OLE script e.g. Visual Basic (Ncompass)axs
application/x-olescript OLE Object (Microsoft/NCompass)ods
application/x-oleobject OpenScape OLE/OCX objects (Business@Web)opp
x-form/x-openscape Visual Basic objects (Amara)wba
application/x-webbasic Specialized data entry forms (Alpha Software)frm
application/x-alpha-form client-server objects (Wayfarer Communications)wfx
x-script/x-wfxclient General Applications


Undefined binary data (often executable progs)

application/octet-streamCALS (U.S. D.O.D data format - RFC 1895)

application/cals-1840Pointcast news data (Pointcast)pcn
application/x-pcn Excel spreadsheet (Microsoft)xls, xlc, xll, xlm, xlw
application/vnd.ms-excel


application/x-msexcel


application/ms-excel


application/msexcel


application/x-excelExcel for DOS (Microsoft)xl
application/x-dos_ms_excel PowerPoint (Microsoft)ppt, ppz, pps, pot
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint


application/mspowerpoint Microsoft Powerpoint for DOS (Microsoft)ppt
application/x-dos_ms_powerpoint2Help Docs(Microsoft)hlp
application/mshelpMicrosoft Project (Microsoft)mpc, mpt, mpx, mpw, mpp
application/vnd.ms-project


application/msproject Works data (Microsoft)

application/vnd.ms-worksMAPI data (Microsoft)

application/vnd.ms-tnefArtgallery data (Microsoft)

application/vnd.artgalrySourceView document (Dataware Electronics)svd
application/vnd.svdTruedoc (Bitstream)

application/vnd.truedocNet Install - software install (20/20 Software)ins
application/x-net-install Carbon Copy - remote control/access (Microcom)ccv
application/ccvSpreadsheets (Visual Components)vts
workbook/formulaone Cybercash digital money (Cybercash)

application/cybercashFormat for sending generic Macintosh files

application/applefileActive message -- connect to active mail app.

application/activemessageX.400 mail message body part (RFC 1494)

application/x400-bpUSENET news message id (RFC 1036)

application/news-message-idUSENET news message (RFC 1036)

application/news-transmission



Multipart Types (mostly email)


Messages with multiple parts

multipart/mixedMessages with multiple, alternative parts

multipart/alternativeMessage with multiple, related parts

multipart/relatedMultiple parts are digests

multipart/digestFor reporting of email status (admin.)

multipart/reportOrder of parts does not matter

multipart/parallelMacintosh file data

multipart/appledoubleAggregate messages; descriptor as header

multipart/header-setContainer for voice-mail

multipart/voice-messageHTML FORM data (see Ch. 9 and App. B)

multipart/form-dataInfinite multiparts - See Chapter 9 (Netscape)

multipart/x-mixed-replace



Message Types (mostly email)


MIME message

message/rfc822Partial message

message/partialMessage containing external references

message/external-bodyMessage containing USENET news

message/newsHTTP message

message/http



2D/3D Data/Virtual Reality Types


VRML data filewrl vrml
x-world/x-vrml

(changing to model/vrml)

WIRL - VRML data (VREAM)vrw
x-world/x-vreamPlay3D 3d scene data (Play3D)p3d
application/x-p3d Viscape Interactive 3d world data (Superscape)svr
x-world/x-svr WebActive 3d data (Plastic Thought)wvr
x-world/x-wvr QuickDraw3D scene data (Apple)3dmf
x-world/x-3dmf



Scientific/Math/CAD Types


Chemical types -- to communicate information about chemical models

chemical/* (several subtypes)Mathematica notebookma
application/mathematicaComputational meshes for numerical simulationsmsh
x-model/x-mesh

(evolving to model/mesh)

Vis5D 5-dimensional data v5d
application/vis5dIGES models -- CAD/CAM (CGM) data igs
application/iges

(evolving to model/iges?)

Autocad WHIP vector drawingsdwf
drawing/x-dwf




Largely Platform-Specific Types



Silicon Graphics Specific Types


Showcase Presentationsshowcase slides sc sho show
application/x-showcase Insight Manual pagesins insight
application/x-insightIris Annotator dataano
application/x-annotatorCosmo World Buildervb
application/x-cosmobuilderDirectory Viewerdir
application/x-dirviewSoftware License lic
application/x-enterlicenseFax manager filefaxmgr
application/x-fax-manager Fax job data filefaxmgrjob
application/x-fax-manager-job IconBook dataicnbk
application/x-iconbookInPerson Call "Jumper"ipcall
application/x-inperson-callInPerson Shared Whiteboardwb
application/x-inpviewInstallable software in 'inst' formatinst
application/x-installMail foldermail
application/x-mailfolderInPerson People Pagespp ppages
application/x-ppagesData for printer (via lpr)sgi-lpr
application/x-sgi-lprSoftware in 'tardist' formattardist
application/x-tardistSoftware in compressed 'tardist' formatztardist
application/x-ztardistWingZ spreadsheetwkz
application/x-wingzOpen Inventor 3-D scenes iv
graphics/x-inventor