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I think Brandon is (at least) partially wrong. The latest editor's draft of HTML5 (15 Aug 2011) says:

The type attribute gives the language of the script or format of the

data. If the attribute is present, its value must be a valid MIME

type. The charset parameter must not be specified. The default, which

is used if the attribute is absent, is "text/javascript".

So if you do not include a type attribute, the default value is "text/javascript". If that is the default value, it must be a valid MIME type.

What are the other valid MIME types? The spec doesn't seem to give an example list, but it does specify the required format when it says:

A string is a valid MIME type if it matches the media-type rule

defined in section 3.7 "Media Types" of RFC 2616

Which you can have the joy of reading here:

Edit: Quentin is right: For HTML5, there's no need to include a type attribute, assuming you're using Javascript.