Type | X-subtype | Description |
application |
| Subtypes of an application; the name of the subtype is usually a file format name or an application name. |
| x-aiff | SGI's AIFF audio data format. |
| x-bitmap | An X Windows bitmap image. |
| x-gzip | Data compressed in the GNU gzip format. |
| x-dvi | A TeX DVI document. |
| x-framemaker | A FrameMaker document. |
| x-latex | A LaTeX document. |
| x-macBinHex40 | Identical to application/mac-BinHex40, but older software may use this x-type instead. |
| x-mif | A FrameMaker MIF document. |
| x-sd | A session directory protocol announcement, used to announce MBONE events. |
| x-shar | A shell archive; the Unix equivalent of a Windows or Macintosh self-extracting archive. Software shouldn't be configured to unpack shell archives automatically, because a shell archive can call any program the user who runs it has the rights to call. |
| x-tar | A tar archive. |
| x-gtar | A GNU tar archive. |
| x-tcl | A tool command language (TCL) program. You should never configure your web browser or email program to automatically run programs you download from the web or receive in email messages. |
| x-tex | A TeX document. |
| x-texinfo | A GNU texinfo document. |
| x-troff | A troff document. |
| x-troff-man | A troff document written with the man macros. |
| x-troff-me | A troff document that should be processed using the me macros. |
| x-troff-ms | A troff document that should be processed using the ms macros. |
| x-wais-source | A WAIS source. |
| x-www-form-urlencoded | A string that has been encoded like a URL, with + replacing spaces and % escapes replacing non-alphanumeric characters that aren't separators. |
audio |
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| x-aiff | The same as application/x-aiff: an AIFF audio file. |
| x-mpeg | The MP3 sound format. |
| x-mpeg.mp3 | The MP3 sound format. |
| x-wav | The Windows WAV sound format. |
image |
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| x-fits | The FITS image format used primarily by astronomers. |
| x-macpict | A Macintosh PICT image. |
| x-pict | A Macintosh PICT image. |
| x-macpaint | A MacPaint image. |
| x-pbm | A portable bitmap image. |
| x-portable-bitmap | A portable bitmap image. |
| x-pgm | A PGM image. |
video |
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| x-msvideo | A Microsoft AVI Video for Windows. |
| x-sgi-movie | A Silicon Graphics movie. |