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— Appendix E —
MIME Types and File Extensions

Table E.1 lists the file extensions and MIME Content-types supported by many popular Web servers. If your server does not list an extension for a particular content-type or if the type you want to use is not listed at all, you will have to add support for that type to your server configuration.

Table E.1. MIME types and HTTPD support.

    MIME Type

    What It Is (If Noted)

    File Extensions

application/acad | AutoCAD Drawing files | dwg, DWG
application/arj |  | arj
application/clariscad | ClarisCAD files | CCAD
application/drafting | MATRA Prelude drafting | DRW
application/dxf | DXF (AutoCAD) | dxf, DXF
application/excel | Microsoft Excel | xl
application/i-deas | SDRC I-DEAS files | unv, UNV
application/iges | IGES graphics format | igs, iges, IGS, IGES
application/mac-binhex40 | Macintosh BinHex format | hqx
application/msword | Microsoft Word | word, w6w, doc
application/mswrite | Microsoft Write | wri
application/octet-stream | Uninterpreted binary | bin
application/oda |  | oda
application/pdf | PDF (Adobe Acrobat) | pdf
application/postscript | PostScript | ai, PS, ps, eps
application/pro_eng | PTC Pro/ENGINEER | prt, PRT, part
application/rtf | Rich Text Format | rtf
application/set | SET (French CAD standard) | set, SET
application/sla | Stereolithography | stl, STL
application/solids | MATRA Prelude Solids | SOL
application/STEP | ISO-10303 STEP data files | stp, STP, step, STEP
application/vda | VDA-FS Surface data | vda, VDA
application/x-director | Macromedia Director | dir, dcr, dxr
application/x-mif | FrameMaker MIF Format | mif
application/x-csh | C-shell script | csh
application/x-dvi | TeX DVI | dvi
application/x-gzip | GNU Zip | gz, gzip
application/x-hdf | NCSA HDF Data File | hdf
application/x-latex | LaTeX source | latex
application/x-netcdf | Unidata netCDF | nc,cdf
application/x-sh | Bourne shell script | sh
application/x-stuffit | Stiffut Archive | sit
application/x-tcl | TCL script | tcl
application/x-tex | TeX source | tex
application/x-texinfo | Texinfo (Emacs) | texinfo,texi
application/x-troff | Troff | t, tr, roff
application/x-troff-man | Troff with MAN macros | man
application/x-troff-me | Troff with ME macros | me
application/x-troff-ms | Troff with MS macros | ms
application/x-wais-source | WAIS source | src
application/x-bcpio | Old binary CPIO | bcpio
application/x-cpio | POSIX CPIO | cpio
application/x-gtar | GNU tar | gtar
application/x-shar | Shell archive | shar
application/x-sv4cpio | SVR4 CPIO | sv4cpio
application/x-sv4crc | SVR4 CPIO with CRC | sv4crc
application/x-tar | 4.3BSD tar format | tar
application/x-ustar | POSIX tar format | ustar
application/x-winhelp | Windows Help | hlp
application/zip | ZIP archive | zip
audio/basic | Basic audio (usually m-law) | au, snd
audio/x-aiff | AIFF audio | aif, aiff, aifc
audio/x-pn-realaudio | RealAudio | ra, ram
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin | RealAudio (plug-in) | rpm
audio/x-wav | Windows WAVE audio | wav
image/gif | GIF image | gif
image/ief | Image Exchange Format | ief
image/jpeg | JPEG image | jpg, JPG, JPE, jpe, JPEG, jpeg
image/pict | Macintosh PICT | pict
image/tiff | TIFF image | tiff, tif
image/x-cmu-raster | CMU raster | ras
image/x-portable-anymap | PBM Anymap format | pnm
image/x-portable-bitmap | PBM Bitmap format | pbm
image/x-portable-graymap | PBM Graymap format | pgm
image/x-portable-pixmap | PBM Pixmap format | ppm
image/x-rgb | RGB Image | rgb
image/x-xbitmap | X Bitmap | xbm
image/x-xpixmap | X Pixmap | xpm
image/x-xwindowdump | X Windows dump (xwd) format | xwd
multipart/x-zip | PKZIP Archive | zip
multipart/x-gzip | GNU ZIP Archive | gzip
text/html | HTML | html, htm
text/plain | Plain text | txt, g, h, C, cc,
hh, m, f90 |  |
text/richtext | MIME Richtext | rtx
text/tab-separated-values | Text with tab-separated values | tsv
text/x-setext | Struct enhanced text | etx
video/mpeg | MPEG video | mpeg, mpg, MPG, MPE, mpe, MPEG, mpeg
video/quicktime | QuickTime Video | qt, mov
video/msvideo | Microsoft Windows Video | avi
video/x-sgi-movie | SGI Movieplayer format | movie
x-world/x-vrml | VRML Worlds | wrl