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Multipart Object Media Types
Table 4-5 summarizes the most common multipart object media types.

Table 4-5. Common Multipart Object Media Types

Media Type Specification Description

multipart/mixed RFC 2045 [15], RFC 2046 [12] MIME e-mail

multipart/alternative RFC 2045 [15], RFC 2046 [12] MIME e-mail

multipart/related

RFC 2387 [43] MIME e-mail; used by MHTML (HTML

mail)

multipart/form-data RFC 2388 [44] MIME web form

multipart/signed RFC 1847 [45] Digital signature

multipart/encrypted RFC 1847 [45] Encrypted message

Text Media Types
Table 4-6 summarizes the most common text media types.

Table 4-6. Common Text Media Types

Media Type Specification Description

text/css

RFC 2318 [46] Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

text/csv RFC 4180 [47] Comma-separated values

text/html RFC 2854 [48] HTML

text/javascript JavaScript; obsoleted in favor of application/javascript RFC 4329 [9]

text/plain RFC 2046 [12] RFC 3676 [49] Textual data

text/xml

RFC 3023 [3] Extensible Markup Language

Video Media Types
Table 4-7 summarizes the most common video media types.

Table 4-7. Common MIME Types for Video

Media Type Specification Description

video/mpeg RFC 2045 [15], RFC 2046 [12] MPEG-1 video

video/mp4 RFC 4337 [50] MP4 video

video/ogg RFC 5334 [13] Ogg Theora or other video

video/quicktime IANA registered [51] QuickTime video

video/x-ms-wmv

MS KB 288102 [36] Windows Media Video