Media types

This is a listing of the officially assigned media types supported by the MIME protocols. Included are also details of supported character sets, access types, content encodings and some compatibility mappings.

The most up-to-date form of this information is available online from the IANA; a link to this site is provided at the end of the page.

Content types and subtypes

Where possible in the following table, content types are linked to more detailed information. In some cases, however, this information is simply a redirection to an Internet RFC.

Type	Subtype	Reference
text	plain	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	richtext	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	enriched	[RFC1896]
	tab-separated-values	[Paul Lindner]
	html	[RFC1866]
	sgml	[RFC1874]
	vnd.latex-z	[Lubos]
	vnd.fmi.flexstor	[Hurtta]
multipart	mixed	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	alternative	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	digest	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	parallel	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	appledouble	[MacMime,Patrik Faltstrom]
	header-set	[Dave Crocker]
	form-data	[RFC1867]
	related	[RFC1872]
	report	[RFC1892]
	voice-message	[RFC1911]
	signed	[RFC1847]
	encrypted	[RFC1847]
message	rfc822	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	partial	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	external-body	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	news	[RFC1036, Henry Spencer]
	http	[RFC1945,Berners-lee]
application	octet-stream	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	postscript	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	oda	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	atomicmail	[atomicmail,Borenstein]
	andrew-inset	[andrew-inset,Borenstein]
	slate	[slate,terry crowley]
	wita	[Wang Info Transfer,Campbell]
	dec-dx	[Digital Doc Trans, Campbell]
	dca-rft	[IBM Doc Content Arch, Campbell]
	activemessage	[Ehud Shapiro]
	rtf	[Paul Lindner]
	applefile	[MacMime,Patrik Faltstrom]
	mac-binhex40	[MacMime,Patrik Faltstrom]
	news-message-id	[RFC1036, Henry Spencer]
	news-transmission	[RFC1036, Henry Spencer]
	wordperfect5.1	[Paul Lindner]
	pdf	[Paul Lindner]
	zip	[Paul Lindner]
	macwriteii	[Paul Lindner]
	msword	[Paul Lindner]
	remote-printing	[RFC1486,Rose]
	mathematica	[Van Nostern]
	cybercash	[Eastlake]
	commonground	[Glazer]
	iges	[Parks]
	riscos	[Smith]
	eshop	[Katz]
	x400-bp	[RFC1494]
	sgml	[RFC1874]
	cals-1840	[RFC1895]
	pgp-encrypted	[RFC2015]
	pgp-signature	[RFC2015]
	pgp-keys	[RFC2015]
	vnd.framemaker	[Wexler]
	vnd.mif	[Wexler]
	vnd.ms-excel	[Gill]
	vnd.ms-powerpoint	[Gill]
	vnd.ms-project	[Gill]
	vnd.ms-works	[Gill]
	vnd.ms-tnef	[Gill]
	vnd.svd	[Becker]
	vnd.music-niff	[Butler]
	vnd.ms-artgalry	[Slawson]
	vnd.truedoc	[Chase]
	vnd.koan	[Cole]
	vnd.street-stream	[Levitt]
	vnd.fdf	[Zilles]
	set-payment-initiation	[Korver]
	set-payment	[Korver]
	set-registration-initiation	[Korver]
	set-registration	[Korver]
	vnd.seemail	[Webb]
	vnd.businessobjects	[Imoucha]
	vnd.meridian-slingshot	[Wedel]
	vnd.xara	[Matthewman]
	sgml-open-catalog	[Grosso]
	vnd.rapid	[Szekely]
	vnd.enliven	[Santinelli]
	vnd.japannet-registration-wakeup	[Fujii]
	vnd.japannet-verification-wakeup	[Fujii]
	vnd.japannet-payment-wakeup	[Fujii]
	vnd.japannet-directory-service	[Fujii]
	vnd.intertrust.digibox	[Tomasello]
	vnd.intertrust.nncp	[Tomasello]
image	jpeg	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	gif	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	ief	[RFC1314]
	g3fax	[RFC1494]
	tiff	[Rose]
	cgm	[Francis]
	naplps	[Ferber]
	vnd.dwg	[Moline]
	vnd.svf	[Moline]
	vnd.dxf	[Moline]
	png	[Randers-Pehrson]
	vnd.fpx	[Spencer]
	vnd.net-fpx	[Spencer]
audio	basic	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	32kadpcm	[RFC1911]
	vnd.qcelp	[Lundblade]
video	mpeg	[RFC1521,Borenstein]
	quicktime	[Paul Lindner]
	vnd.vivo	[Wolfe]
	vnd.motorola.video	[McGinty]
	vnd.motorola.videop	[McGinty]

Character sets

Access types

Conversion values

MIME / X.400 mapping tables

MIME to X.400 table

X.400 to MIME table - basic body parts

X.400 to MIME table - extended body parts

References

[RFC1036] Horton, M., and R. Adams, "Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages", RFC 1036, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Center for Seismic Studies, December 1987.

[RFC1494] Alvestrand, H., and S. Thompson, "Equivalences between 1988 X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies", RFC 1494, SINTEF DELAB, Soft*Switch, Inc., August 1993.

[RFC1521] Borenstien, N., and N. Freed, "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC 1521, Bellcore, Innosoft, September 1993.

[RFC1563] Borenstien, N., "The text/enriched MIME content-type". RFC 1563, Bellcore, January 1994.

[RFC1866] Berners-Lee, T., and D. Connolly, "Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0", RFC 1866, MIT/W3C, November 1995.

[RFC1867] Nebel, E., L. Masinter, "Form-based File Upload in HTML", RFC 1867, Xerox Corporation, November 1995.

[RFC1872] Levinson, E., "The MIME Multipart/Related Content-type", RFC 1872, Accurate Information Systems, Inc. December 1995.

[RFC1873] Levinson, E., "Message/External-Body Content-ID Access Type", RFC 1873, Accurate Information Systems, Inc. December 1995.

[RFC1874] Levinson, E., "SGML Media Types", RFC 1874, Accurate Information Systems, Inc. December 1995.

[RFC1895] Levinson, E., "The Application/CALS-1840 Content Type", RFC 1895, Accurate Information Systems, February 1996.

[RFC1896] Resnick, P., and A. Walker, "The Text/Enriched MIME Content Type", RFC 1896, Qualcomm, Intercon, February 1996.

[RFC1911] Vaudreuil, G., "Voice Profile for Internet Mail", RFC 1911, Octel Network Services, February 1996.

[RFC1945] Berners-Lee, Y., R. Feilding, and H.Frystyk, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0", RFC 1945. MIT/LCS, UC Irvine, MIT/LCS, May 1996.

People

[Berners-Lee] Tim Berners-Lee, <timbl@w3.org>, May 1996.

[Borenstein] Nathaniel Borenstein, <NSB@bellcore.com>, April 1994.

[Butler] Tim Butler, <tim@its.bldrdoc.gov>, April 1996.

[Campbell] Larry Campbell

[Chase] Brad Chase, <brad_chase@bitstream.com>, May 1996.

[Cole] Pete Cole, <pcole@sseyod.demon.co.uk>, June 1996.

[Dave Crocker] Dave Crocker, <dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu>

[Terry Crowley]

[Eastlake] Donald E. Eastlake 3rd, <dee@cybercash.com>, April 1995.

[Faltstrom] Patrik Faltstrom, <paf@nada.kth.se>

[Francis] Alan Francis, <A.H.Francis@open.ac.uk>, December 1995.

[Fujii] Kiyofusa Fujii, <kfujii@japannet.or.jp>

[Gill] Sukvinder S. Gill, <sukvg@microsoft.com>, April 1996.

[Glazer] David Glazer, <dglazer@best.com>, April 1995.

[Hurtta] Kari E. Hurtta, <flexstor@ozone.FMI.FI>

[Imoucha] Philippe Imoucha, <pimoucha@businessobjects.com>, October 1996.

[Katz] Steve Katz, <skatz@eshop.com>, June 1995.

[Korver] Brian Korver, <briank@terisa.com>, October 1996.

[Levitt] Glenn Levitt, <streetd1@ix.netcom.com>, October 1996.

[Lubos] Mikusiak Lubos, <lmikusia@blava-s.bratisla.ingr.com>, October 1996.

[Lundblade] Laurence Lundblade, <lgl@qualcomm.com>, October 1996.

[Matthewman] David Matthewman, <david@xara.com>, October 1996.

[McGinty] Tom McGinty, <tmcginty@dma.isg.mot.co>m

[Moline] Jodi Moline, <jodim@softsource.com>, Aprol 1996.

[Paul Lindner]

[Parks] Curtis Parks, <parks@eeel.nist.gov>, April 1995.

[Randers-Pehrson] Glenn Randers-Pehrson, <glennrp@ARL.MIL>, October 1996.

[Rose] Marshall Rose, <mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us>, April 1995.

[Santinelli] Paul Santinelli, Jr., <psantinelli@narrative.com>, October 1996.

[Shapiro] Ehud Shapiro

[Slawson] Dean Slawson, <deansl@microsoft.com>, May 1996.

[Smith] Nick Smith, <nas@ant.co.uk>, June 1995.

[Spencer] Marc Douglas Spencer, <marcs@itc.kodak.com>, October 1996.

[Henry Spencer]

[Szekely] Etay Szekely, <etay@emultek.co.il>, October 1996.

[Tomasello] Luke Tomasello, <luket@intertrust.co>m

[Webb] Steve Webb, <steve@wynde.com>, October 1996.

[Wedel] Eric Wedel, <ewedel@meridian-data.com>, October 1996.

[Wexler] Mike Wexler, <mwexler@frame.com>, April 1996.

[Wolfe] John Wolfe, <John_Wolfe.VIVO@vivo.com>, April 1996.

[Van Nostern] Gene C. Van Nostern, <gene@wri.com>, February 1995.

[Zilles] Steve Zilles, <szilles@adobe.com>, October 1996.