How to create a new MIME type for a Sugar activity?

[James Simmons]

Carl,

I agree I have no business inventing my own MIME type.  What I really 
want is a file suffix association like I can do with Windows or Midnight 
Commander on Linux.  The MIME type of application/zip works, but Etoys 
is using that one too.  I need a way for Zip files using the .slides 
suffix to be opened by my Activity by default.  Unfortunately, the files 
by their nature must be created by a program other than the Activity.  
Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Thanks,

James Simmons


Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:

>On 04.02.2008 18:21, James Simmons wrote:
>  
>
>>To accomplish this I have created my Zip files with the extension 
>>".slides" and I'd like to be able to use the MIME type 
>>"application/slides" for such files.
>>
>>I'm also interested in creating a reader program for Gutenberg etexts.  
>>I'd like these files to have their own MIME type too so they don't get 
>>opened by the Write activity by mistake.  I was thinking of using a file 
>>suffix of ".book" and a MIME type of "text/book" for these.
>>
>>I'd appreciate any information on MIME types
>>  
>>    
>>
>
>Sorry, you can't just invent a MIME media type. There are a few RFCs for
>MIME media types which specify how your media type has to be named and
>how to apply for an IANA registration. More info can be found at
>http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ . There also is a
>specification how unofficial MIME media types have to look like in case
>you don't want to register them.
>
>Regards,
>Carl-Daniel
>  
>

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