[vorbis] Ogg Mime Types? (was Re: The OGG Extension...)

[Seth Flaxman]

Personally, I think we need an extension for ogg files that should be 
played with the users default audio player, an extension for ogg files 
that should be played with the users default video player, and a generic 
.ogg extension that should be played by the user's all-around ogg 
player, probably a versatile video player or something... 

At any rate, I'm actually writing this mail about mime types, sometimes 
called file types. Mime types are in the most use on web servers, as I'm 
sure most of you are familiar with. For example, when a web server sends 
a .pdf document to a web browser, it starts by sending a "Content-Type:" 
line that says "Content-Type: application/pdf". A web browser like 
Netscape will have helper application prefs that have an application or 
plugin assigned to application/pdf, which will be launched with the file 
Netscape just received.

What standard mime type should be used for Ogg Vorbis files? The 
argument for the general .ogg extension really breaks down because mime 
types always have to be either audio/foobar or video/foobar (for audio 
and video that is... there's also application/, image/, etc).

Also, when a standard mime type is decided upon it should be certainly 
be registered by someone. (I'm not really sure how this works...) Until 
a mime type is registered it has to be audio/x-foobar, instead of 
audio/foobar.

--seth
seth at abisoft.com
www.govorbis.com

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