Appendix B. MIME Media Types

Some commonly used MIME media types are listed in this appendix. Most of these have been officially registered with IANA via the RFC 2048 registration process.

Where common file suffixes exist, they are listed to the right of the media type in parentheses.

application/activemessage

application/x-texinfo (texi texinfo)

application/andrew-inset (ez)

application/x-troff (roff)

application/ applefile

application/x-troff (t tr)

application/atomicmail

application/x-troff-man (man)

application/ dca-rft

application/x-troff-me (me)

application/dec-dx

application/x-troff-ms (ms)

application/mac-binhex40

application/x-ustar (ustar)

application/macwriteii

application/x-wais-source (src)

application/msword

application/zip (zip)

application/news-message-id

audio/basic (snd)

application/news-transmission

audio/ulaw (au)

application/octet-stream (bin)

audio/x-aiff (aif aifc aiff)

application/oda (oda)

audio/x-pn-realaudio (rm ra ram)

application/pdf (pdf)

audio/x-wav (wav)

application/pgp (pgp)

image/gif (gif)

application/postscript (ps)

image/ief (ief)

application/postscript (ps eps)

image/jpeg (jpe jpeg jpg)

application/remote-printing application/rtf (rtf)

image/tiff (tif tiff)

application/slate application/wita application/wordperfect5.1 application/x-bcpio(bcpio)

image/x-cmu-raster (ras)

application/x-chess-pgn (pgn)

image/x-portable-anymap (pnm)

application/x-cpio (cpio)

image/x-portable-bitmap (pbm)

application/x-csh (csh)

image/x-portable-graymap (pgm)

application/x-dvi (dvi)

image/x-portable-pixmap (ppm) ...

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