Options as I see it are:
1 Content-type: text/plain\n\n[raw data]
2 Context-type: text/html\n\n<PLAINTEXT>\n[raw data]
[Is <PLAINTEXT> being depreciated?]
3 Context-type: application/binary [for binary files and]
Context-type: text/plain [for text files]
I'm assuming option #3 unless I hear otherwise. It will work well
if browers do something like <PLAINTEXT> for text/plain and
pop up a save file dialog for application/binary.
Marc: How is Mosaic going to handle things like .cave files?
are there going to be MIME types added for stuff like this?
Here are my current plans.
# XXX: need to make tar, uu, z, and Z be encodings
#
$ext{'aiff'} = $ext{'AIFF'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'au'} = $ext{'AU'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'snd'} = $ext{'SND'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'cave'} = $ext{'CAVE'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'dvi'} = $ext{'DVI'} = 'application/dvi';
$ext{'evlm'} = $ext{'EVLM'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'gif'} = $ext{'GIF'} = 'image/binary';
$ext{'html'} = $ext{'HTML'} = 'text/html';
$ext{'jpeg'} = $ext{'JPEG'} = 'image/jpeg';
$ext{'jpg'} = $ext{'JPG'} = 'image/jpeg';
$ext{'mime'} = $ext{'MIME'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'movie'} = $ext{'MOVIE'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'mpeg'} = $ext{'MPEG'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'mpg'} = $ext{'MPG'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'ps'} = $ext{'PS'} = 'application/postscript';
$ext{'rgb'} = $ext{'RGB'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'rtf'} = $ext{'RTF'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'tar'} = $ext{'TAR'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'hqx'} = $ext{'HQX'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'uu'} = $ext{'UU'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'tex'} = $ext{'TEX'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'tiff'} = $ext{'TIFF'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'tif'} = $ext{'TIF'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'txt'} = $ext{'TXT'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'text'} = $ext{'TEXT'} = 'application/binary';
$ext{'xbm'} = $ext{'XBM'} = 'image/xbitmap';
$ext{'xwd'} = $ext{'XWD'} = 'image/xwindowdump';
$ext{'z'} = $ext{'Z'} = 'application/binary'; # different!
I also need to figure out how to the the encoding stuff work
for MIME. Guess I need to study the RFC for a while.
Comments/suggestions? lemme know
--sanders@bsdi.com