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MIME types & the Application Registry
- Table of Contents
- Algorithmic Sniff Buffer -- algorithmic detection of mime type for select file types
- Application Registry -- a database of the available applications and their capabilities
- Magic MIME Detection -- functions for parsing the magic mime database
- MIME Type Detection -- detecting the mime type of a URI
- MIME Handlers -- functions for getting and manipulating the actions to be performed on mime types
- mime-info --
- mime-monitor --
MIME types provide a standardized for denoting the content of files or file streams. GnomeVFS exposes simple methods for both identifying the MIME type of a particular file, and deciding how to act on it. The MIME and application registries provide a mapping between files of a particular mime type and applications / bonobo components which can view or edit those files. Applications such as Nautilus use this database to generate appropriate actions when files are activated.