Known MIME Types
| MIME Type | Description |
|---|---|
| text/plain | Plain text. Default if data is primarily text and no other type detected. |
| text/html | HTML. Default if common tags detected and server does not supply image/* type. |
| text/xml | XML data. Default if data specifies <?xml with an unrecognized DTD. |
| text/richtext | Rich Text Format (RTF). |
| text/scriptlet | Windows script component. |
| audio/x-aiff | Audio Interchange File, Macintosh. |
| audio/basic | Audio file, UNIX. |
| audio/mid | Windows Internet Explorer 7 and later. MIDI sequence. |
| audio/wav | Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) Wave audio, Windows. |
| image/gif | Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). |
| image/jpeg | JPEG image. |
| image/pjpeg | Default type for JPEG images. |
| image/png | Internet Explorer 7 and later. Portable Network Graphics (PNG). |
| image/x-png | Internet Explorer 7 and later. Default type for PNG images. |
| image/tiff | Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) image. |
| image/bmp | Bitmap (BMP) image. |
| image/x-xbitmap | Removed from Windows Internet Explorer 8. |
| image/x-jg | AOL Johnson-Grace compressed file. |
| image/x-emf | Enhanced Metafile (EMF). |
| image/x-wmf | Windows Metafile Format (WMF). |
| video/avi | Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) file. |
| video/mpeg | MPEG stream file. |
| application/octet-stream | Binary file. Default if data is primarily binary. |
| application/postscript | PostScript (.ai, .eps, or .ps) file. |
| application/base64 | Base64-encoded bytes. |
| application/macbinhex40 | BinHex for Macintosh. |
| application/pdf | Portable Document Format (PDF). |
| application/xml | XML data. Must be server-supplied. See also "text/xml" type. |
| application/atom+xml | Internet Explorer 7 and later. Atom Syndication Format feed. |
| application/rss+xml | Internet Explorer 7 and later. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed. |
| application/x-compressed | UNIX tar file, Gzipped. |
| application/x-zip-compressed | Compressed archive file. |
| application/x-gzip-compressed | Gzip compressed archive file. |
| application/java | Java applet. |
| application/x-msdownload | Executable (.exe or .dll) file. |
