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

WEBP

.webp

image/webp

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

iOS Passbook

.pkpass

application/vnd.apple.pkpass

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

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, text/json, text/javascript

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