24 Aug 2004
CS 5244: Indexing / Classification
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Data types: MIME
¡Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions
(text/plain, img/jpg application/msword)
lSimple
format, pre-web
lCan code an
unofficial type using x-subtype prefix
(e.g., audio/x-pn-realaudio)
lApplication tag: need to use an application to handle this data
lWild
success shows a simple system is best:
¡Good
for adoption / authoring
¡Good
for common denominator