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Posted by John Dunlop on 10/06/73 11:20
Shelly wrote:
> Also, please help me understand the meaning of "audio/mid".
its meaning depends on its context. it has the *form* of a
media type, as defined by MIME, but it's an error if it occurs
anywhere a media type is expected, because it hasn't been
registered and doesn't take the form of a private type.
[the rest assumes it is registered]
> Why is there the prequalifier of "audio/" and not simply have "mid"?
<audio> (</> is just a separator, without any semantics) is
what's termed a Top-Level Media Type, and usually indicates
the general type of data, whereas <mid> is a Subtype of the
specified top-level one, and usually indicates a specific
format. so <mid> is a 'kind of' <audio>, if you like.
--
Jock
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