[WSG] Correct MIME types for non-standard file formats
Title: Correct MIME types for non-standard file formats Is there a good reference site that lists correct MIME types for various file formats? or is there a general rule to follow for non-standard file types? Specifically I'd like to know what MIME type should be used for SPSS portable (.por) files and in the past I've seen many variants for some file types (eg. MS office file types). Currently we are sending the MIME type application/por which I am fairly certain is incorrect, but it does give the browser behaviour that we want. Without the MIME type set the file displays like a text file in the browser window, however we want the download requestor to appear when accessing a file of this type as the file is useless when viewed as straight text as it is a data file designed to be used with SPSS. __ Peter Levan Web Manager, Australian Institute of Criminology GPO Box 2944 Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: (02) 6260 9257 Fax: (02) 6260 9299 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.aic.gov.au/
Re: [WSG] Correct MIME types for non-standard file formats
Peter Levan wrote: Is there a good reference site that lists correct MIME types for various file formats? or is there a general rule to follow for non-standard file types? Specifically I'd like to know what MIME type should be used for SPSS portable (.por) files and in the past I've seen many variants for some file types (eg. MS office file types). Currently we are sending the MIME type application/por which I am fairly certain is incorrect, but it does give the browser behaviour that we want. Without the MIME type set the file displays like a text file in the browser window, however we want the download requestor to appear when accessing a file of this type as the file is useless when viewed as straight text as it is a data file designed to be used with SPSS. __ Peter Levan Have you tried http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=enq=MIME+type+SPSSbtnG=Google+Searchmeta= Geoff. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Correct MIME types for non-standard file formats
On 1/24/06, Peter Levan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without the MIME type set the file displays like a text file in the browser window, however we want the download requestor to appear when accessing a file of this type as the file is useless when viewed as straight text as it is a data file designed to be used with SPSS. The most common way of forcing a download is to use the .exe mimetype -- 'application/octet-stream' If you're using Apache, you can place the following in the .htaccess file for the folder holding the .por files. This will ensure that the files are always downloaded, even if the files location is entered via the address bar. (the alternative option being store the files above the root directory and only allow the download script to access them) Files *.por ForceType application/octet-stream /Files HTH, Andrew. -- http://leftjustified.net/ N���.�Ȩ�X���+��i�� n�Z�֫v�+��h��y�m�쵩�j�l��.f���.�ץ�w�q(��b��(��,�)උazX����)��
Re: [WSG] Correct MIME types for non-standard file formats
Peter Levan wrote: Is there a good reference site that lists correct MIME types for various file formats? http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ or is there a general rule to follow for non-standard file types? There is the x- prefix which is added to proprietary/custom MIME types, but you you should generally try to find one which is documented either with IANA or by the vendor of the file type, instead of making up your own. Specifically I'd like to know what MIME type should be used for SPSS portable (.por) files If you can't find an official one in IANA or find one documented by the software vendor, then you should use application/octet-stream for generic binary files. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] Correct MIME types for non-standard file formats
Thanks to everyone for their help. This gives me plenty to go on. __ Peter Levan Web Manager, Australian Institute of Criminology GPO Box 2944 Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: (02) 6260 9257 Fax: (02) 6260 9299 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.aic.gov.au/ -Original Message- From: Lachlan Hunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2006 3:45 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Correct MIME types for non-standard file formats Peter Levan wrote: Is there a good reference site that lists correct MIME types for various file formats? http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ or is there a general rule to follow for non-standard file types? There is the x- prefix which is added to proprietary/custom MIME types, but you you should generally try to find one which is documented either with IANA or by the vendor of the file type, instead of making up your own. Specifically I'd like to know what MIME type should be used for SPSS portable (.por) files If you can't find an official one in IANA or find one documented by the software vendor, then you should use application/octet-stream for generic binary files. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
