Programming the Mobile Web

Appendix A. MIME Types for Mobile Content

Markup and Script MIME Types

Table A-1. Markup and script MIME types

Format	Typical extension	MIME type
WML	.wml	text/vnd.wap.xml
WMLScript	.wmls	text/vnd.wap.wmlscript
HTML 3/4/5	.html	text/html
cHTML	.html	text/html
XHTML	.html, .xhtml	application/xhtml+xml, text/xml, text/html
XHTML MP	.html, .xhtml	application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml, application/xhtml+xml, text/xml, text/html
JavaScript	.js	text/javascript, application/ecmascript, application/javascript
CSS2, CSS3, WAP CSS, and CSS MP	.css	text/css
Multipart document		multipart/mixed, application/vnd.wap.multipart.mixed

Image MIME Types

Table A-2. Image MIME types

Format	Typical extension	MIME type
GIF	.gif	image/gif
JPEG	.jpeg, .jpg	image/jpeg, image/jpg
PNG	.png	image/png
SVG	.svg	image/svg+xml
Compressed SVG	.svgz	image/svg+xml
WBMP	.wbmp	image/vnd.wap.wbmp
Nokia Wallpaper		image/vnd.nok-wallpaper

Mobile Content MIME Types

Table A-3. Mobile content MIME types

Format	Typical extension	MIME type
Java ME Application Descriptor	.jad	text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor
Java ME Archive	.jar	application/java-archive
BlackBerry Archive	.cod	application/vnd.rim.cod
Android Application	.apk	application/vnd.android.package-archive
Windows Mobile Application	.cab	application/cab
Garnet OS Application (old Palm devices)	.prc	application/vnd.palm
Symbian Application	.sis	application/vnd.symbian.install
Symbian Application	.sisx	x-epoc/x-sisx-app
vCalendar	.vcalendar
iCalendar	.icalendar
Nokia Flash Format	.nfl
Adobe Flash Movie	.swf	application/x-shockwave-flash
XML	.xml	text/xml
JSON	.json	application/json ...