17 Sep 2003
CS 6210 – Module 6
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Data types: MIME
¡Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
l(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