The following reply was made to PR config/2380; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Luis Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: config/2380: IANA registered vnd mime types are conspicuously missing from default mime.types Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 12:16:51 -0700 Marc Slemko wrote: > > On 8 Jun 1998, Luis Navarro wrote: > > > when consulting the iana registered mime types list > > (ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types) > > i found a bunch of vendor tree (vnd) subtypes that are pretty common > > but that aren't in the standard mime.types file that ships with > > apache 1.3.0. > > > > for example, there's no listing at all for m$ excel (which should be > > application/vnd.ms-excel) and the listing for m$ powerpoint is listed as > > application/powerpoint instead of the iana standard > > application/vnd.ms-powerpoint type. > > > > unless i'm totally misunderstanding something here, it seems the > > mime.types file is a little out of date. > > That is a listing of MIME types. What the mime.types file is is a mapping > between filename extensions and MIME types. It really does little good to > add zillions of types to it without having any extensions to use for them. yes, i totally realize that. what i was suggesting was that someone periodically check the IANA list to make sure the mime.types file uses the latest strings. btw, the mime.types file *does* contain a handful of entries that don't have any extensions listed. does apache do anything with them or are they just placeholders? > We are perfectly willing to add more types (as long as the extension is > clearly for that type, but the IANA list isn't of much help. actually, it's a good start. i've noticed that netscape communicator has a very through list of mime type to extension mappings and have been referencing that too. perhaps you could use that as a source? > It is worth considering changing ms-powerpoint to vnd.ms-powerpoint I > guess, even if no one uses that. on extranet sites, very few do, but on intranet sites, a lot do. same with excel. it'd be great to see those supported out of the box. thanks for your quick response, ....luis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- luis navarro luna design syndicate 408.733.8500 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lunadesign.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
