wok diff perl-mime-types/description.txt @ rev 24841
updated libuninameslist and libuninameslist-dev (20190701 -> 20211114)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri Mar 25 09:32:35 2022 +0100 (2022-03-25) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/perl-mime-types/description.txt Fri Mar 25 09:32:35 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ 1.4 +MIME types are used in many applications (for instance as part of e-mail 1.5 +and HTTP traffic) to indicate the type of content which is transmitted or expected. 1.6 +See RFC2045 at https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt 1.7 + 1.8 +Sometimes detailed knowledge about a mime-type is needed, however this module 1.9 +only knows about the file name extensions which relate to some filetype. 1.10 +It can also be used to produce the right format: types which are not registered 1.11 +at IANA need to use 'x-' prefixes. 1.12 + 1.13 +This object administers a huge list of known mime-types, combined from various 1.14 +sources. 1.15 +For instance, it contains all IANA types and the knowledge of Apache. 1.16 +Probably the most complete table on the net!