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!!! Overview [1]
[{$pagename}] (formerly known as [MIME Type]) is a two-part identifier for file formats and format contents transmitted on the [Internet].
The [Internet Assigned Numbers Authority] ([IANA]) is the official authority for the standardization and publication of these classifications.
[{$pagename}] were originally defined in [RFC 2045] in November [1996|Year 1996] as a part of [Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions] ([MIME]) specification, for denoting type of [email] [message] content and attachments hence the name [MIME Type].
[{$pagename}] are also used by other [Internet] [protocols] such as [HTTP] and document file formats such as [HTML], for similar purpose.
A media type consists of a type and a subtype, which is further structured into a tree. A media type can optionally define a suffix and parameters:
%%prettify
{{{
type "/" [tree "."] subtype ["+" suffix] *[";" parameter]
}}}
/%
Where the "+ suffix" is known as the [Structured Syntax Suffix]
[{$pagename}], subtypes and suffix should appear in the [IANA Registry] [IANA.MediaTypes]
These are the [{$pagename}] "type":
* [application] - Represents any kind of [binary] [data].
* [audio] - Represents any kind of audio files[2]
* [font]
* [example] - The '[example]' media type is used for examples. Any subtype following the media type syntax may be used in those examples. No subtype can be registered with [IANA]. For more information see [RFC 4735].
* [image] - Represents any kind of images. Videos are not included, though animated images (like animated gif) are described with an image type.
* [message]
* [model]
* [multipart] - Multipart types indicate a category of document that are broken in distinct parts, often with different [MIME Types].
* [text|Plaintext] - Represents any document that contains text and is theoretically human readable with the default character set [US-ASCII]
* [video] - Represents any kind of video files[2]
!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
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* [#1] - [MIME types|https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-08-10
* [#2] - [Media formats for HTML audio and video|https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-07-10-
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