MEDIA TYPES Content Types and Subtypes, etc. From: http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types Date: 980803 Warning: Get the latest version from IANA; this is a dated display document MEDIA TYPES [RFC1521] specifies that Content Types, Content Subtypes, Character Sets, Access Types, and Conversion values for MIME mail will be assigned and listed by the IANA. Content Types and Subtypes -------------------------- Type Subtype Description Reference ---- ------- ----------- --------- text plain [RFC1521,Borenstein] richtext [RFC1521,Borenstein] enriched [RFC1896] tab-separated-values [Paul Lindner] html [RFC1866] sgml [RFC1874] vnd.latex-z [Lubos] vnd.fmi.flexstor [Hurtta] uri-list [Daniel] vnd.abc [Allen] rfc822-headers [RFC1892] vnd.in3d.3dml [Powers] prs.lines.tag [Lines] vnd.in3d.spot [Powers] css [RFC2318] xml [RFC2376] multipart mixed [RFC1521,Borenstein] alternative [RFC1521,Borenstein] digest [RFC1521,Borenstein] parallel [RFC1521,Borenstein] appledouble [MacMime,Patrik Faltstrom] header-set [Dave Crocker] form-data [RFC1867] related [RFC2112] report [RFC1892] voice-message [RFC1911] signed [RFC1847] encrypted [RFC1847] byteranges [RFC2068] message rfc822 [RFC1521,Borenstein] partial [RFC1521,Borenstein] external-body [RFC1521,Borenstein] news [RFC 1036, Henry Spencer] http [RFC2068] delivery-status [RFC1894] disposition-notification [RFC2298] application octet-stream [RFC1521,Borenstein] postscript [RFC1521,Borenstein] oda [RFC1521,Borenstein] atomicmail [atomicmail,Borenstein] andrew-inset [andrew-inset,Borenstein] slate [slate,terry crowley] wita [Wang Info Transfer,Larry Campbell] dec-dx [Digital Doc Trans, Larry Campbell] dca-rft [IBM Doc Content Arch, Larry Campbell] activemessage [Ehud Shapiro] rtf [Paul Lindner] applefile [MacMime,Patrik Faltstrom] mac-binhex40 [MacMime,Patrik Faltstrom] news-message-id [RFC1036, Henry Spencer] news-transmission [RFC1036, Henry Spencer] wordperfect5.1 [Paul Lindner] pdf [Paul Lindner] zip [Paul Lindner] macwriteii [Paul Lindner] msword [Paul Lindner] remote-printing [RFC1486,Rose] mathematica [Van Nostern] cybercash [Eastlake] commonground [Glazer] iges [Parks] riscos [Smith] eshop [Katz] x400-bp [RFC1494] sgml [RFC1874] cals-1840 [RFC1895] pgp-encrypted [RFC2015] pgp-signature [RFC2015] pgp-keys [RFC2015] vnd.framemaker [Wexler] vnd.mif [Wexler] vnd.ms-excel [Gill] vnd.ms-powerpoint [Gill] vnd.ms-project [Gill] vnd.ms-works [Gill] vnd.ms-tnef [Gill] vnd.svd [Becker] vnd.music-niff [Butler] vnd.ms-artgalry [Slawson] vnd.truedoc [Chase] vnd.koan [Cole] vnd.street-stream [Levitt] vnd.fdf [Zilles] set-payment-initiation [Korver] set-payment [Korver] set-registration-initiation [Korver] set-registration [Korver] vnd.seemail [Webb] vnd.businessobjects [Imoucha] vnd.meridian-slingshot [Wedel] vnd.xara [Matthewman] sgml-open-catalog [Grosso] vnd.rapid [Szekely] vnd.enliven [Santinelli] vnd.japannet-registration-wakeup [Fujii] vnd.japannet-verification-wakeup [Fujii] vnd.japannet-payment-wakeup [Fujii] vnd.japannet-directory-service [Fujii] vnd.intertrust.digibox [Tomasello] vnd.intertrust.nncp [Tomasello] prs.alvestrand.titrax-sheet [Alvestrand] vnd.noblenet-web [Solomon] vnd.noblenet-sealer [Solomon] vnd.noblenet-directory [Solomon] prs.nprend [Doggett] vnd.webturbo [Rehem] hyperstudio [Domino] vnd.shana.informed.formtemplate [Selzler] vnd.shana.informed.formdata [Selzler] vnd.shana.informed.package [Selzler] vnd.shana.informed.interchange [Selzler] vnd.$commerce_battelle [Applebaum] vnd.osa.netdeploy [Klos] vnd.ibm.MiniPay [Herzberg] vnd.japannet-jpnstore-wakeup [Yoshitake] vnd.japannet-setstore-wakeup [Yoshitake] vnd.japannet-verification [Yoshitake] vnd.japannet-registration [Yoshitake] vnd.hp-HPGL [Pentecost] vnd.hp-PCL [Pentecost] vnd.hp-PCLXL [Pentecost] vnd.musician [Adams] vnd.FloGraphIt [Floersch] vnd.intercon.formnet [Gurak] vemmi [RFC2122] vnd.ms-asf [Fleischman] vnd.ecdis-update [Buettgenbach] vnd.powerbuilder6 [Guy] vnd.powerbuilder6-s [Guy] vnd.lotus-wordpro [Wattenberger] vnd.lotus-approach [Wattenberger] vnd.lotus-1-2-3 [Wattenberger] vnd.lotus-organizer [Wattenberger] vnd.lotus-screencam [Wattenberger] vnd.lotus-freelance [Wattenberger] vnd.fujitsu.oasys [Togashi] vnd.fujitsu.oasys2 [Togashi] vnd.swiftview-ics [Widener] vnd.dna [Searcy] prs.cww [Rungchavalnont] vnd.wt.stf [Wohler] vnd.dxr [Duffy] vnd.mitsubishi.misty-guard.trustweb [Tanaka] vnd.ibm.modcap [Hohensee] vnd.acucobol [Lubin] vnd.fujitsu.oasys3 [Okudaira] marc [RFC2220] vnd.fujitsu.oasysprs [Ogita] vnd.fujitsu.oasysgp [Sugitomo] vnd.visio [Sandal] vnd.netfpx [Mutz] vnd.audiograph [Slusanschi] vnd.epson.salt [Nagatomo] vnd.3M.Post-it-Notes [O'Brien] vnd.novadigm.EDX [Swenson] vnd.novadigm.EXT [Swenson] vnd.novadigm.EDM [Swenson] vnd.claymore [Simpson] vnd.comsocaller [Dellutri] pkcs7-mime [RFC2311] pkcs7-signature [RFC2311] pkcs10 [RFC2311] vnd.yellowriver-custom-menu [Yellow] vnd.ecowin.chart [Olsson] vnd.ecowin.series [Olsson] vnd.ecowin.filerequest [Olsson] vnd.ecowin.fileupdate [Olsson] vnd.ecowin.seriesrequest [Olsson] vnd.ecowin.seriesupdate [Olsson] EDIFACT [RFC1767] EDI-X12 [RFC1767] EDI-Consent [RFC1767] vnd.wrq-hp3000-labelled [Bartram] vnd.minisoft-hp3000-save [Bartram] vnd.ffsns [Holstage] vnd.hp-hps [Aubrey] vnd.fujixerox.docuworks [Taguchi] xml [RFC2376] image jpeg [RFC1521,Borenstein] gif [RFC1521,Borenstein] ief Image Exchange Format [RFC1314] g3fax [RFC1494] tiff Tag Image File Format [RFC2301] cgm Computer Graphics Metafile [Francis] naplps [Ferber] vnd.dwg [Moline] vnd.svf [Moline] vnd.dxf [Moline] png [Randers-Pehrson] vnd.fpx [Spencer] vnd.net-fpx [Spencer] vnd.xiff [Martin] audio basic [RFC1521,Borenstein] 32kadpcm [RFC1911] vnd.qcelp [Lundblade] video mpeg [RFC1521,Borenstein] quicktime [Paul Lindner] vnd.vivo [Wolfe] vnd.motorola.video [McGinty] vnd.motorola.videop [McGinty] model [RFC2077] iges [Parks] vrml [RFC2077] mesh [RFC2077] vnd.dwf [Pratt] The "media-types" directory contains a subdirectory for each content type and each of those directories contains a file for each content subtype. |-application- |-audio------- |-image------- |-media-types-|-message----- |-model------- |-multipart--- |-text-------- |-video------- URL = ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types Character Sets -------------- All of the character sets listed the section on Character Sets are registered for use with MIME as MIME Character Sets. The correspondance between the few character sets listed in the MIME specification [RFC1521] and the list in that section are: Type Description Reference ---- ----------- --------- US-ASCII see ANSI_X3.4-1968 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-1 see ISO_8859-1:1987 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-2 see ISO_8859-2:1987 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-3 see ISO_8859-3:1988 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-4 see ISO_8859-4:1988 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-5 see ISO_8859-5:1988 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-6 see ISO_8859-6:1987 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-7 see ISO_8859-7:1987 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-8 see ISO_8859-8:1988 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] ISO-8859-9 see ISO_8859-9:1989 below [RFC1521,Borenstein] Access Types ------------ Type Description Reference ---- ----------- --------- FTP [RFC1521,Borenstein] ANON-FTP [RFC1521,Borenstein] TFTP [RFC1521,Borenstein] AFS [RFC1521,Borenstein] LOCAL-FILE [RFC1521,Borenstein] MAIL-SERVER [RFC1521,Borenstein] content-id [RFC1873] Conversion Values ----------------- Conversion values or Content Transfer Encodings. Type Description Reference ---- ----------- --------- 7BIT [RFC1521,Borenstein] 8BIT [RFC1521,Borenstein] BASE64 [RFC1521,Borenstein] BINARY [RFC1521,Borenstein] QUOTED-PRINTABLE [RFC1521,Borenstein] MIME / X.400 MAPPING TABLES MIME to X.400 Table MIME content-type X.400 Body Part Reference ----------------- ------------------ --------- text/plain charset=us-ascii ia5-text [RFC1494] charset=iso-8859-x EBP - GeneralText [RFC1494] text/richtext no mapping defined [RFC1494] application/oda EBP - ODA [RFC1494] application/octet-stream bilaterally-defined [RFC1494] application/postscript EBP - mime-postscript-body [RFC1494] image/g3fax g3-facsimile [RFC1494] image/jpeg EBP - mime-jpeg-body [RFC1494] image/gif EBP - mime-gif-body [RFC1494] audio/basic no mapping defined [RFC1494] video/mpeg no mapping defined [RFC1494] Abbreviation: EBP - Extended Body Part X.400 to MIME Table Basic Body Parts X.400 Basic Body Part MIME content-type Reference --------------------- -------------------- --------- ia5-text text/plain;charset=us-ascii [RFC1494] voice No Mapping Defined [RFC1494] g3-facsimile image/g3fax [RFC1494] g4-class1 no mapping defined [RFC1494] teletex no mapping defined [RFC1494] videotex no mapping defined [RFC1494] encrypted no mapping defined [RFC1494] bilaterally-defined application/octet-stream [RFC1494] nationally-defined no mapping defined [RFC1494] externally-defined See Extended Body Parts [RFC1494] X.400 Extended Body Part MIME content-type Reference ------------------------- -------------------- --------- GeneralText text/plain;charset=iso-8859-x[RFC1494] ODA application/oda [RFC1494] mime-postscript-body application/postscript [RFC1494] mime-jpeg-body image/jpeg [RFC1494] mime-gif-body image/gif [RFC1494] REFERENCES [MacMime] Work in Progress. [RFC1036] Horton, M., and R. Adams, "Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages", RFC 1036, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Center for Seismic Studies, December 1987. [RFC1494] Alvestrand, H., and S. Thompson, "Equivalences between 1988 X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies", RFC 1494, SINTEF DELAB, Soft*Switch, Inc., August 1993. [RFC1521] Borenstien, N., and N. Freed, "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC 1521, Bellcore, Innosoft, September 1993. [RFC1563] Borenstien, N., "The text/enriched MIME content-type". RFC 1563, Bellcore, January 1994. [RFC1767] Crocker, D., "MIME Encapsulation of EDI Objects". RFC 1767, Brandenburg Consulting, March 1995. [RFC1866] Berners-Lee, T., and D. Connolly, "Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0", RFC 1866, MIT/W3C, November 1995. [RFC1867] Nebel, E., L. Masinter, "Form-based File Upload in HTML", RFC 1867, Xerox Corporation, November 1995. [RFC1873] Levinson, E., "Message/External-Body Content-ID Access Type", RFC 1873, Accurate Information Systems, Inc. December 1995. [RFC1874] Levinson, E., "SGML Media Types", RFC 1874, Accurate Information Systems, Inc. December 1995. [RFC1892] Vaudreuil, G., "The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages", RFC 1892, Octel Network Services, January 1996. [RFC1894] Moore, K. and G. Vaudreuil, "An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications", RFC 1894, University of Tennessee, Octel Network Services, January 1996. [RFC1895] Levinson, E., "The Application/CALS-1840 Content Type", RFC 1895, Accurate Information Systems, February 1996. [RFC1896] Resnick, P., and A. Walker, "The Text/Enriched MIME Content Type", RFC 1896, Qualcomm, Intercon, February 1996. [RFC1911] Vaudreuil, G., "Voice Profile for Internet Mail", RFC 1911, Octel Network Services, February 1996. [RFC1945] Berners-Lee, Y., R. Feilding, and H.Frystyk, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0", RFC 1945. MIT/LCS, UC Irvine, MIT/LCS, May 1996. [RFC2077] Nelson, S., C. Parks, and Mitra, "The Model Primary Content Type for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions", RFC 2077, LLNL, NIST, WorldMaker, January 1997. [RFC2112] Levinson, E., "The MIME Multipart/Related Content-type", RFC 2112, XIson Inc, February 1997. [RFC2122] Mavrakis, D., Layec, H., and K. Kartmann, "VEMMI URL Specification", RFC 2122, Monaco Telematique MC-TEL, ETSI, Telecommunication+Multimedia, March 1997. [RFC2220] Guenther, R., "The Application/MARC Content-type", RFC 2220, Library of Congress, Network Devt. & MARC Standards Office, October 1997. [RFC2298] Fajman, R., "An Extensible Message Format for Message Disposition Notifications", RFC 2298, March 1998. [RFC2311] Dusse, S., et. al., "S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification, RFC 2311, March 1998. [RFC2318] Lie, H., Bos, B., and C. Lilley, "The text/css Media Type", RFC 2318, March 1998. [RFC2376] Whitehead, E., and M. Murata, "XML Media Types", July 1998. PEOPLE [Adams] Greg Adams , March 1997. [Allen] Steve Allen , September 1997. [Alvestrand] Harald T. Alvestrand , January 1997. [Applebaum] David Applebaum , February 1997. [Aubrey] Steve Aubrey , July 1998. [Bartram] Chris Bartram , May 1998. [Becker] Scott Becker, , April 1996. [Berners-Lee] Tim Berners-Lee, , May 1996. [Borenstein] Nathaniel Borenstein, , April 1994. [Buettgenbach] Gert Buettgenbach, , May 1997. [Butler] Tim Butler, , April 1996. [Larry Campbell] [Chase] Brad Chase, , May 1996. [Cole] Pete Cole, , June 1996. [Dave Crocker] Dave Crocker [Terry Crowley] [Daniel] Ron Daniel, Jr. , June 1997. [Dellutri] Steve Dellutri , March 1998. [Doggett] Jay Doggett, , February 1997. [Domino] Michael Domino, , February 1997. [Duffy] Michael Duffy, , September 1997. [Eastlake] Donald E. Eastlake 3rd, dee@cybercash.com, April 1995. [Faltstrom] Patrik Faltstrom [Fleischman] Eric Fleischman , April 1997. [Floersch] Dick Floersch , March 1997. [Francis] Alan Francis, A.H.Francis@open.ac.uk, December 1995. [Fujii] Kiyofusa Fujii , February 1997. [Gill] Sukvinder S. Gill, , April 1996. [Glazer] David Glazer, , April 1995. [Gurak] Tom Gurak, , March 1997. [Guy] David Guy, , June 1997. [Herzberg] Amir Herzberg, , February 1997. [Hohensee] Reinhard Hohensee , September 1997. [Holstage] Mary Holstage , May 1998. [Hurtta] Kari E. Hurtta [Imoucha] Philippe Imoucha , October 1996. [Katz] Steve Katz, , June 1995. [Klos] Steven Klos, , February 1997. [Korver] Brian Korver , October 1996. [Levitt] Glenn Levitt , October 1996. [Lines] John Lines , January 1998. [Lubin] Dovid Lubin , October 1997. [Lubos] Mikusiak Lubos , October 1996. [Lundblade] Laurence Lundblade , October 1996. [Martin] Steven Martin , October 1997. [Matthewman] David Matthewman , October 1996. [McGinty] Tom McGinty [Moline] Jodi Moline, , April 1996. [Mutz] Andy Mutz, , December 1997. [Nagatomo] Yasuhito Nagatomo , January 1998. [O'Brien] Michael O'Brien , January 1998. [Ogita] Masumi Ogita, , October 1997. [Okudaira] Seiji Okudaira , October 1997. [Olsson] Thomas Olsson , April 1998. [Paul Lindner] [Parks] Curtis Parks, , April 1995. [Pentecost] Bob Pentecost, , March 1997. [Powers] Michael Powers, , January 1998. [Pratt] Jason Pratt, , August 1997. [Randers-Pehrson] Glenn Randers-Pehrson , October 1996. [Rehem] Yaser Rehem, , February 1997. [Rose] Marshall Rose, , April 1995. [Rungchavalnont] Khemchart Rungchavalnont, , July 1997. [Sandal] Troy Sandal , November 1997. [Santinelli] Paul Santinelli, Jr. , October 1996. [Searcy] Meredith Searcy, , June 1997. [Shapiro] Ehud Shapiro [Simpson] Ray Simpson , January 1998. [Slawson] Dean Slawson, , May 1996. [Slusanschi] Horia Cristian Slusanschi , January 1998. [Smith] Nick Smith, , June 1995. [Solomon] Monty Solomon, , February 1997. [Spencer] Marc Douglas Spencer , October 1996. [Henry Spencer] [Sugitomo] Masahiko Sugimoto , October 1997. [Swenson] Janine Swenson , January 1998. [Szekely] Etay Szekely , October 1996. [Taguchi] Yasuo Taguchi , July 1998. [Tanaka] Manabu Tanaka , September 1997. [Togashi] Nobukazu Togashi , June 1997. [Tomasello] Luke Tomasello [Wattenberger] Paul Wattenberger , June 1997. [Webb] Steve Webb , October 1996. [Wedel] Eric Wedel , October 1996. [Wexler] Mike Wexler, , April 1996. [Widener] Glenn Widener , June 1997. [Wohler] Bill Wohler, , July 1997. [Wolfe] John Wolfe, , April 1996. [Van Nostern] Gene C. Van Nostern , February 1995. [Yellow] Mr. Yellow , March 1998. [Yoshitake] Jun Yoshitake, , February 1997. [Zilles] Steve Zilles , October 1996. []