IPP Mail Archive: IPP> MOD - Terminology: "Internet media type" vs. "MIME-type"

IPP> MOD - Terminology: "Internet media type" vs. "MIME-type"

Tom Hastings (hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:27:56 PDT

>Return-Path: <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
>Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:48:29 PDT
>From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
>Organization: Xerox PARC
>To: Tom Hastings <hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com>
>Cc: cmanros@cp10.es.xerox.com
>Subject: Re: IPP> MOD - document-format-supported using MIME types and
> 'automatic'
>References: <9709031827.AA20260@zazen.cp10.es.xerox.com>
>
>"Internet media type" is the official name of what is informally
>known as a "MIME-type"; they're the same.
>
>Larry
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