Best
practice is to select from a controlled vocabulary list.
For a review of the meaning behind the digital formats and MIME
types, consult these websites:
IMT: Internet Media Types
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/
media-types/media-types
Text and Text-Related Types
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#text
HTML Stylesheet
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#styl
Image
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#imag
Audio/Voice/Music
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#audi
Video
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#vide
2D/3D Data/Virtual reality
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#vrml
Scientific/Math/CAD
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#math
Special HTTP/Web Application
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#spec
Application Type: Text-related
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#trel
Application Type: Archive/Compressed Archives
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#arch
Application Type: Program/Scripts
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#prog
Application Type: Animation/Multimedia
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#anim
Application Type: Presentation
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#pres
Application Type: Special Embedded Object
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#spece
Application Type: General Applications
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#gene |