This is a list of commonly used MIME types, that are interesting for BeOS. It should help to use the same MIME type for the same kind of type, even if
it's not registered. This is just a beginning. This list should grow, so your help is appreciated. Please email me if you think
you have a type that is missing, if you have better description, if you have a link or if you know of an error (I'm sure there are some:-). The newsest
version of this list you will find here. (Last updated: 1998-07-22).
MIME type |
Extension |
Description |
|
Application |
application/msword |
doc |
Word Document [Microsoft] |
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application/macwriteii |
? |
Write II Document [Apple] |
|
application/postscript |
ps |
PostScript file (RFC 1341) [Adobe] |
 |
application/pgp-signature |
? |
'Pretty Good Privacy' signature (RFC 2015) |
 |
application/pgp-keys |
? |
'Pretty Good Privacy' keys (RFC 2015) |
 |
application/pgp-encrypted |
? |
'Pretty Good Privacy' encrypted file (RFC 2015) |
 |
application/pdf |
pdf |
Acrobat Portable Document Files [Adobe] |
 |
application/octet-stream |
-- |
Plain stream of data (RFC 1341) |
|
application/vnd.hp-PCL |
? |
Printer language data (Printer Control Language) [HP] |
 |
application/vnd.hp-HPGL |
hgl |
Vector data language for printers (HP Graphics Language) [HP] |
 |
application/vnd.ms-excel |
xls |
Excel spreadsheet data [Microsoft] |
|
application/zip |
zip |
Archives produced with zip |
 |
application/x-bzip |
bz |
Archives produced with bzip |
|
application/x-bzip2 |
boz |
Archives produced with bzip2 over zip |
|
application/x-bzip2 |
bz2 |
Archives produced with bzip2, the copyright free version of bzip |
|
application/x-compress |
z, Z |
Archives produced with compress |
|
application/x-gzip |
gz, tgz |
Archives produced with gzip |
|
application/x-dvi |
dvi |
Device Independend file produced with TeX |
|
application/x-tar |
tar |
Archives produced with tar |
 |
application/x-uuencode |
uue |
File, encoded with uuencode |
 |
Audio |
audio/32kadpcm |
? |
ITU G.721 encoded audio data |
|
audio/basic |
au |
8-bit 8 KHz ISDN mu-law encoded audio |
 |
audio/x-aifc |
? |
? |
|
audio/x-aiff |
aif, aiff |
Audio Interchange File Format |
 |
audio/x-jam |
jam |
JamTracker Module file (Amiga module format) |
|
audio/x-midi |
mid |
Standard Musical Instrument Digital Interface file format |
|
audio/x-mod |
mod |
Amiga Tracker Module file |
|
audio/x-mpeg |
mp |
MPEG I audio stream |
|
audio/x-mpeg |
mp2 |
MPEG I layer 2 audio stream |
|
audio/x-mpeg |
mp3 |
MPEG I layer 3 audio stream |
|
audio/x-mtm |
mtm |
MultiTracker Module format |
|
audio/x-riff |
? |
Resource Interchange File Format [Microsoft, IBM] |
|
audio/x-wav |
wav, wave |
Waveform audiofile format [Microsoft] |
|
audio/x-psid |
sid |
C64 tunes and sound effects file format , coming from PlaySID |
|
Image |
image/cgm |
cgm |
Computer Graphics Metafile, ANSI vector graphics file format |
 |
image/jpeg |
jpg, jpeg |
Lossy pixel graphics format [Independent JPEG Group] |
 |
image/gif |
gif |
Graphics Interchange Format [CompuServe] |
 |
image/png |
png |
Portable Network Graphics |
 |
image/tiff |
tif, tiff |
Tagged Image File Format |
 |
image/vnd.dxf |
dxf |
Drawing Interchange Format, coming from AutoCAD [AutoDesk] |
 |
image/x-bmp |
bmp |
Bit-mapped graphics format [Microsoft] |
 |
image/x-pcx |
pcx |
Pixel graphics format, coming from Paintbrush [ZSoft] |
 |
image/x-portable-anymap |
pnm |
Portable AnyMap format, coming from netpbm |
|
image/x-portable-bitmap |
pbm |
Portable BitMap format, coming from netpbm |
|
image/x-portable-graymap |
pgm |
Portable GreyMap format, coming from netpbm |
|
image/x-portable-pixmap |
ppm |
Portable PixelMap format, coming from netpbm |
|
image/x-targa |
tga |
Targa image file format |
|
image/x-xbitmap |
xbm |
X11 BitMap format |
|
Message |
message/news |
-- |
Usenet News text file (RFC 1036) |
|
message/rfc822 |
-- |
EMail text file (RFC 822) |
|
Model |
model/vrml |
vrml |
Virtual Reality Markup Language (RFC 2077) |
|
model/x-pov |
pov |
Persistance of Vision |
|
Text |
text/css |
css |
Cascading Style Sheet (RFC 2318) |
|
text/enriched |
? |
Enriched textfile (RFC 1896) |
|
text/html |
htm, html |
Hyper Text Markup Language (RFC 1866) |
|
text/rfc822-headers |
? |
EMail header text (RFC 822) |
|
text/plain |
txt |
Plain textfile (RFC 1341) |
|
text/richtext |
? |
Richtext textfile (RFC 1341) |
|
text/rtf |
rtf |
Rich Text File format [Microsoft] |
|
text/sgml |
sgml |
Standard Generalized Markup Language (RFC 1874) |
|
text/tab-separated-values |
tsv |
Tab-Separated Values file |
|
text/uri-list |
uris, uri |
List of URI's (URL's or URN's) |
|
(text/x-email) |
-- |
Use message/rfc822 instead!! |
|
text/x-latex |
ltx |
Input file for LaTeX |
|
text/x-tex |
tex |
Input file for TeX |
|
Video |
video/quicktime |
qt, mov |
QuickTime video [Apple] |
 |
video/mpeg |
mpg, mpeg |
MPEG [Moving Picture Experts Group] |
 |
video/vnd.vivo |
viv |
Vivo movie format [Vivo] |
|
video/x-msvideo |
avi |
Audio Video Interleave [Microsoft] |
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