MIME and Media Types
- Category
- Web and networking protocols
- Docs outline
- 8 sections
Official docs outline
rfc-editor.org- MIME header fields
MIME-Version, Content-Type, Content-Transfer-Encoding and Content-ID.
- Content-Type header field
Type/subtype syntax and parameters such as charset.
- Content transfer encodings
7bit, quoted-printable and base64 encodings.
- Media types
Top-level media types and their meaning.
- Multipart media types
multipart/mixed, alternative and related with boundaries.
- Media type registration
Registration trees and naming (vnd., prs., x- prefixes).
- multipart/form-data
Form field encoding with Content-Disposition boundaries.
- MIME Sniffing Standard
How browsers sniff content types and why X-Content-Type-Options matters.
Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.