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A simple example of a media type is the GIF format, identified using ''[https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt image/gif]''. It has no interactions (it doesn't link to anything) and has a specification that tells clients how they should display it. | A simple example of a media type is the GIF format, identified using ''[https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt image/gif]''. It has no interactions (it doesn't link to anything) and has a specification that tells clients how they should display it. | ||
Media Types are specified in [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2046 rfc2046]. | |||
== Identifiers == | == Identifiers == | ||
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If you create your own mediatypes you usually want to put them in the ''application'' tree and use a ''vnd.<companyname>'' prefix on the ''subtype''. | If you create your own mediatypes you usually want to put them in the ''application'' tree and use a ''vnd.<companyname>'' prefix on the ''subtype''. | ||
[[Category: RFCs]] | |||