Zikula content types

Overview

These are the types of content that we want to support in Zikula. It also includes the requirements to produce the content using 100% free software that is in Fedora repositories. If a recommended tool is not yet in Fedora, work should commence to get it packaged.

Content-type table

Sources for this information include http://wiki.xiph.org/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions under the CC BY 3.0 Unported license.

MIME-type	File extension(s)	Name	Uses
text/html	.html	HTML	Markup language
plain/text, text/plain	.txt	Text	Plain text, which may be structured
image/jpeg	.jpg, .jpeg	JPEG	Image format for photographs
image/png	.png	PNG	Open image format
image/gif	.gif	GIF	Limited color palette image format
application/(calc,writer,impress)
text/xml	.xml	XML	Markup language for documents
text/sgml	.sgml	SGML	Markup language, largely replaced by XML
application/pdf, application/x-pdf	.pdf	PDF	Documents ready for printing and viewing, held in the PostScript format in a compressed PDF container
application/ogg	.ogx	Ogg Multiplex Profile	Container for logical bitstreams
video/ogg	.ogv	Ogg Video Profile	covers e.g. Theora, Theora + Vorbis, Theora + Speex, Theora + FLAC, Dirac + Vorbis, MNG + FLAC, OggUVS inside Ogg
video/theora	.theora?	Theora	Theora video without container
audio/ogg	.oga	Ogg Audio Profile	Covers Ogg FLAC, Ghost, and OggPCM
audio/vorbis	.vorbis?	Vorbis	Vorbis audio without container
audio/ogg	.ogg	Ogg Vorbis I Profile	.ogg applies now for Vorbis I files only
audio/ogg	.spx	Ogg Speex Profile	.spx has traditionally been used for Speex files within Ogg and should be considered for backwards-compatibility
audio/speex	.spx?	Speex	Speex speech audio without container
audio/flac	.flac	Flac	FLAC in native encapsulation format
application/annodex	.anx	Annodex	Used for annotating multimedia content; profile for multiplexed Ogg that includes a skeleton track and at least one CMML logical bitstream
audio/annodex	.axa	Annodex	Profile for audio in Annodex; covers e.g. Vorbis, Speex, FLAC, Ghost, OggPCM inside Ogg with Skeleton and CMML
video/annodex	.axv	Annodex	Profile for video in Annodex; covers e.g. Theora, Theora + Vorbis, Theora + Speex, Theora + FLAC, Dirac + Vorbis, MNG + FLAC, OggUVS inside Ogg with Skeleton and CMML
application/xspf+xml	.xspf	XSPF	XML Shareable Playlist Format (XSPF), pronounced "spiff", is a next-generation playlist format for digital media such as songs in Vorbis or MP3 format.
application/kate	.ogx	Kate	Binary representation of Kate encapsulated in Ogg; Kate is a separate stream for subtitles, etc.
audio/flac	.flac?	FLAC	FLAC without and in native container
text/cmml	.cmml?	CMML	CMML without container; this is a markup language for content, cf. HTML
text/kate	.kate	Kate	Textual representation of Kate (.kate files)

Screencast

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Podcast

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Vidcast

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