Mime

[saikatblogger]

Can anyone explain me what is MIME type? If possible show some examples pls. Thanks in advance.

[sands]

Check out these links:
MIME Definition
Embedding Sound in Web Pages, Part I: MIME Types - Doc JavaScript
Multimedia MIME Reference

[saikatblogger]

Thanks for the reply sands...

I got this message while checking XHTML Validation of a site:

Conflict between Mime Type and Document Type
The document is being served with the text/html Mime Type which is not a registered media type for the XHTML 1.1 Document Type. The recommended media type for this document is: application/xhtml+xml
Using a wrong media type for a certain document type may confuse the validator and other user agents with respect to the nature of the document, and you may get some erroneous validation errors. How to fix this problem? One of the following techniques should help:

• If you are serving a static file on a Web server, changing its extension should help. Use e.g .xhtml for XHTML or .mathml for MathML.
• You may need to reconfigure your Web server. This Setting up MIME Types tutorial has instructions for Apache, Tomcat and IIS.
• If the document is generated dynamically, the scripting language should allow you to set up the mime type: this article on MIME Types and Content Negotiation has examples in PHP, Perl, and ASP.

Can you explain what does it mean actually...The site is based on simple text and small images, no multi-media content at all. So how to fix this error? Or it is not much important?

Thanks

[sands]

You will understand the issue better by checking out these links:
Application/xhtml+xml - Schillmania.com
XML.com: The Road to XHTML 2.0: MIME Types
MIME types matter; DOCTYPEs don't - Anne’s Weblog

[wige]

It could be important to fix because today some security software checks the mime type against the file extension and the content of the file. What was the extension of the file, and what type of document was it?