# MIME Types Changes by Version
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## 3.2022.0105 / 2022-01-05
- Updated the Apache and IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Fixed an incorrect definition of `image/bmp`, which had been marked obsolete
and later registered. Fixed [#48], found by William T. Nelson.
## 3.2021.1115 / 2021-11-15
- Updated the Apache and IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added conversion utilities that support the `mini_mime` data format. These
have been ported from the [mini_mime] repository. [#47]
- Added IANA provisional media registries. Added some notes to Contributing.md
about the transient nature of the provisional registration data. This was
triggered in part by a pull request by Jon Sneyers. Thanks! [#45], [#43]
## 3.2021.0901 / 2021-09-01
- Updated the Apache and IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added file extension for WebVTT text format. [#46]
## 3.2021.0704 / 2021-07-04
- Updated the Apache and IANA media registry entries as of release date.
## 3.2021.0225 / 2021-02-25
- Updated the Apache and IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added file extension for AVIF video format. [#40]
## 3.2021.0212 / 2021-02-12
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added a new rake task (`release:automatic`) that downloads and converts the
data from Apache and IANA; if there are changes detected, it updates the
release version, changelog, manifest, and gemspec and commits the changes
to git.
## 3.2020.1104 / 2020-11-04
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added `application/x-zip-compressed`. [#36]
- Updated the contributing guide to include information about the release
process as described in [#18]
- Corrected a misspelling of Yoran Brondsema’s name. Sorry, Yoran. [#35]
## 3.2020.0512 / 2020-05-12
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added file extensions for HEIC image types. [#34]
## 3.2020.0425 / 2020-04-25
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added several RAW image types based on data from GNOME RAW Thumbnailer.
[#33] fixing [#32]
- Added `audio/wav`. [#31]
- Added a type for Smarttech notebook files. [#30]
- Added an alias for audio/m4a files. [#29]
- Added application/x-ms-dos-executable. [#28]
## 3.2019.1009 / 2019-10-09
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Reordered the `.ai` extension so that it is not the preferred extension for
`application/pdf` [#24]
## 3.2019.0904 / 2019-09-04
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Moved the `.ai` extension from `application/postscript` to `application/pdf`.
[#23] fixing [#22]
## 3.2019.0331 / 2019-03-31
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Added support for `application/wasm` with extension `.wasm`. [#21]
- Fixed `application/ecmascript` extensions. [#20]
## 3.2018.0812 / 2018-08-12
- Added `.xsd` extension to `text/xml`. [#10]
- Added `.js` and `.mjs` extensions to `text/ecmascript` and
`text/javascript`. [#11]
- Added `.ipa` extension to `application/octet-stream`. [#12]
- Moved extensions `.markdown` and `.md` and added `.mkd` extension to
`text/markdown`. [#13]
- Because of a bug found with mime-types 3 before 3.2.1, this version
requires mime-types 3.1 or later to manage data.
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date. The biggest
major change here is the addition of the `font/` top-level media type.
- MIME type changes not introduced by pull requests will no longer be
individually tracked.
- Clarified that the YAML editable format is not shipped with the Ruby gem
for size considerations.
## 3.2016.0521 / 2016-05-21
- Updated the known extension list for application/octet-stream and
application/pgp-encrypted to include gpg as an extension. Fixes
[#3](https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/3) by Tao Guo
(@taoza).
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date:
- Updated metadata for application/EmergencyCallData.Comment+xml,
application/EmergencyCallData.DeviceInfo+xml,
application/EmergencyCallData.ProviderInfo+xml,
application/EmergencyCallData.ServiceInfo+xml,
application/EmergencyCallData.SubscriberInfo+xml,
application/ogg, application/problem+json, application/problem+xml,
audio/ogg, text/markdown, video/H265, video/ogg.
- Added application/efi, application/vnd.3gpp.sms+xml,
application/vnd.3lightssoftware.imagescal,
application/vnd.coreos.ignition+json, application/vnd.oma.lwm2m+json,
application/vnd.onepager, application/vnd.quarantainenet,
application/vnd.vel+json, image/emf, image/wmf, text/prs.prop.logic.
- image/bmp has a draft RFC which would make it official; it has been
finally been registered. As such, this version _reverses_ the
use-instead relationship of image/bmp and image/x-bmp.
- This version requires mime-types 3.1 or later to manage data because of an
issue with JSON data encoding for the `xrefs` field.
## 3.2016.0221 / 2016-02-21
- Updated the known extensions list for audio/mp4.
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date:
- Updated metadata for 3GPP-defined types (there are many),
application/cdni, and application/rfc+xml.
- Added application/EmergencyCallData.Comment+xml,
application/EmergencyCallData.DeviceInfo+xml,
application/EmergencyCallData.ProviderInfo+xml,
application/EmergencyCallData.ServiceInfo+xml,
application/ppsp-tracker+json, application/problem+json,
application/problem+xml, application/vnd.filmit.zfc,
application/vnd.hdt, application/vnd.mapbox-vector-tile,
application/vnd.ms-PrintDeviceCapabilities+xml,
application/vnd.ms-PrintSchemaTicket+xml,
application/vnd.ms-windows.nwprinting.oob, application/vnd.tml,
model/vnd.rosette.annotated-data-model, and video/H265.
- Updated to [Contributor Covenant 1.4][code of conduct].
- Shift the support code in this repository to be developed with Ruby 2.3.
This involves:
- Adding `frozen_string_literal: true` to all Ruby files.
- Applied some recommended readability and performance suggestions from
Rubocop. Ignored some style recommendations, too.
- Replaced some cases of `foo.bar rescue nil` with `foo&.bar`.
## 3.2015.1120 / 2015-11-20
- Extracted from [ruby-mime-types][rmt].
- Added a [Code of Conduct].
- The versioning has changed to be semantic on format plus date in two parts.
- All registry formats have been updated to remove deprecated data.
- The columnar format has been updated to store three boolean flags in a
single flags file.
- Updated the conversion and management utilities to work with
ruby-mime-types 3.x.
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date:
- Updated metadata for application/scim+json, audio/G711-0, text/markdown.
- Added application/cdni, application/csvm+json, application/rfc+xml,
application/vnd.3gpp.access-transfer-events+xml,
application/vnd.3gpp.srvcc-ext+xml, application/vnd.3gpp.SRVCC-info+xml,
application/vnd.ms-windows.devicepairing,
application/vnd.ms-windows.wsd.oob, application/vnd.oxli.countgraph,
application/vnd.pagerduty+json, video/VP8.
## 2.6.2 / 2015-09-13
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date:
- Updated metadata for application/cals-1840, application/index.obj,
application/ocsp-response, application/vnd.dtg.local.html,
application/vnd.pwg-multiplexed, audio/G7221, audio/opus.
- Added application/pkcs12, application/scim+json, multipart/form-data.
application/vnd.3gpp-prose+xml, application/vnd.3gpp-prose-pc3ch+xml,
application/vnd.3gpp.mid-call+xml,
application/vnd.3gpp-state-and-event-info+xml,
application.3gpp.ussd+xml, application/vnd.anki,
application/vnd.biopax.rdf+xml, application/vnd.drive+json,
application/vnd.firemonkeys.cloudcell,
application/vnd.hyperdrive+json, application/vnd.openblox.game+xml,
application/vnd.openblox.game-binary, application/vnd.uri-map,
audio/G711-0, image/vnd.mozilla.apng.
## 2.6 / 2015-05-25
- Steven Michael Thomas (@stevenmichaelthomas) added `woff2` as an extension
to application/font-woff,
[ruby-mime-types#99](https://github.com/mime-types/ruby-mime-types/pull/99).
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date:
- Updated metadata for application/jose, application/jose+json,
application/jwk+json, application/jwk-set+json, application/jwt to
reflect the adoption of RFC7519.
- Added application/vnd.balsamiq.bmpr.
## 2.5 / 2015-04-25
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date:
- Added MIME types: application/A2L, application/AML, application/ATFX,
application/ATXML, application/CDFX+XML, application/CEA,
application/DII, application/DIT, application/jose,
application/jose+json, application/json-seq, application/jwk+json,
application/jwk-set+json, application/jwt, application/LXF,
application/MF4, application/rdap+json,
application/vnd.apache.thrift.compact, vnd.apache.thrift.json,
application/vnd.citationstyles.style+xml, application/vnd.coffeescript,
application/vnd.enphase.envoy, application/vnd.fastcopy-disk-image,
application/vnd.gerber, application/vnd.gov.sk.e-form+xml,
application/vnd.gov.sk.e-form+zip,
application/vnd.gov.sk.xmldatacontainer+xml,
application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p1, application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p2,
application/vnd.ims.imsccv1p3, application/vnd.micro+json,
application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable,
application/vnd.msa-disk-image, application/vnd.oracle.resource+json,
application/vnd.tmd.mediaflex.api+xml, audio/opus,
image/vnd.zbrush.pcx, text/csv-schema, text/markdown (marked as
TEMPORARY).
- Updated metadata for application/coap-group+json (RFC7390),
application/epub+zip (now registered), application/merge-patch+json
(RFC7396), application/smil, application/vnd.arastra.swi,
application/vnd.geocube+xml, application/vnd.gmx,
application/xhtml+xml, text/directory.
- Andy Brody (@ab) fixed a pair of embarrassing typos in text/csv and
text/tab-separated-values,
[ruby-mime-types#89](https://github.com/mime-types/ruby-mime-types/pull/89).
- Aggelos Avgerinos (@eavgerinos) added the unregistered MIME type
image/x-ms-bmp with the extension `bmp`,
[ruby-mime-types#90](https://github.com/mime-types/ruby-mime-types/pull/90).
## 2.4.2 / 2014-10-15
- Added application/vnd.ms-outlook as an unregistered MIME type with the
extension `msg`. Provided by @keerthisiv in
[ruby-mime-types#72](https://github.com/mime-types/ruby-mime-types/pull/72).
## 2.4.1 / 2014-10-07
- Changed the sort order of many of the extensions to restore behaviour from
mime-types 1.25.1.
- Added `friendly` MIME::Type descriptions where known.
- Added `reg`, `ps1`, and `vbs` extensions to application/x-msdos-program and
application/x-msdownload.
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Several MIME types had updated metadata (application/alto-\*, RFC7285;
application/calendar+json, RFC7265; application/http, RFC7230;
application/xml, RFC7303; application/xml-dtd, RFC7303;
application/xml-external-parsed-entity, RFC7303; audio/AMR-WB, RFC4867;
audio/aptx, RFC7310; message/http, RFC7230; multipart/byteranges,
RFC7233; text/xml, RFC7303; text/xml-external-parsed-entity, RFC7303)
- MIME::Type application/EDI-Consent was renamed to
application/EDI-consent.
- Obsoleted application/vnd.informix-visionary in favour of
application/vnd.visionary. Obsoleted
application/vnd.nokia.n-gage.symbian.install with no replacement.
- Added MIME types: application/ATF, application/coap-group+json,
application/DCD, application/merge-patch+json, application/scaip+xml,
application/vnd.apache.thrift.binary, application/vnd.artsquare,
application/vnd.doremir.scorecloud-binary-document,
application/vnd.dzr, application/vnd.maxmind.maxmind-db,
application/vnd.ntt-local.ogw_remote-access, application/xml-patch+xml,
image/vnd.tencent.tap.
## 2.3 / 2014-05-23
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Several MIME types had additional metadata added on the most recent
import.
- MIME::Type application/pidfxml was renamed to application/pidf+xml.
- Added MIME types: application/3gpdash-qoe-report+xml,
application/alto-costmap+json, application/alto-costmapfilter+json,
application/alto-directory+json, application/alto-endpointcost+json,
application/alto-endpointcostparams+json,
application/alto-endpointprop+json,
application/alto-endpointpropparams+json, application/alto-error+json,
application/alto-networkmap+json,
application/alto-networkmapfilter+json, application/calendar+json,
application/vnd.debian.binary-package, application/vnd.geo+json,
application/vnd.ims.lis.v2.result+json,
application/vnd.ims.lti.v2.toolconsumerprofile+json,
application/vnd.ims.lti.v2.toolproxy+json,
application/vnd.ims.lti.v2.toolproxy.id+json,
application/vnd.ims.lti.v2.toolsettings+json,
application/vnd.ims.lti.v2.toolsettings.simple+json,
application/vnd.mason+json, application/vnd.miele+json,
application/vnd.ms-3mfdocument, application/vnd.panoply,
application/vnd.valve.source.material, application/vnd.yaoweme,
audio/aptx, image/vnd.valve.source.texture, model/vnd.opengex,
model/vnd.valve.source.compiled-map, model/x3d+fastinfoset,
text/cache-manifest
## 2.2 / 2014-03-14
- Added <tt>.sj</tt> to `application/javascript` as provided by Brandon
Galbraith (@brandongalbraith) in
[ruby-mime-types#58](https://github.com/mime-types/ruby-mime-types/pull/58).
- Marked application/excel and application/x-excel as obsolete in favour of
application/vnd.ms-excel per
[ruby-mime-types#60](https://github.com/mime-types/ruby-mime-types/pull/60).
- Merged duplicate MIME types into the registered MIME type. The only
difference between the MIME types was capitalization; the MIME type
registry is case-preserving.
- Affected MIME types: application/vnd.3M.Post-it-Notes,
application/vnd.FloGraphIt, application/vnd.HandHeld-Entertainment+xml,
application/vnd.hp-HPGL, application/vnd.hp-PCL,
application/vnd.hp-PCLXL, application/vnd.ibm.MiniPay,
application/vnd.Kinar, application/vnd.MFER,
application/vnd.Mobius.DAF, application/vnd.Mobius.DIS,
application/vnd.Mobius.MBK, application/vnd.Mobius.MSL,
application/vnd.Mobius.MQY, application/vnd.Mobius.PLC,
application/vnd.Mobius.TXF,
application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slide.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12,
application/vnd.novadigm.EDM, application/vnd.novadigm.EDX,
application/vnd.novadigm.EXT, application/vnd.Quark.QuarkXPress,
application/vnd.SimTech-MindMapper, audio/AMR-WB, video/H261,
video/H263, video/H264, video/JPEG, video/MJ2.
- Updated the IANA media registry entries as of release date.
- Registered type person names have been updated from surname only to
full name.
- Several types had updated RFC or draft RFC references.
- Added application/bacnet-xdd+zip, application/cms,
application/load-control+xml, application/PDX, application/ttml+xml,
application/vnd.collection.doc+json,
application/vnd.iptc.g2.catalogitem+xml, application/vnd.pcos,
text/parameters, text/vnd.a, video/iso.segment
## 2.1 / 2014-01-25
- The IANA media type registry format changed, resulting in updates to most
of the 1,427 registered MIME types.
- Many registered MIME types have had some metadata updates due to the
change in the IANA registry format.
- MIME types having a publicly available registry application now
include a link to that file in references.
- Added `xrefs` data as discovered (see the API changes noted above).
- The Apache mime types configuration has been added to track additional
common but unregistered MIME types and known extensions for those MIME
types. This has affected many of the available MIME types.
- Added newly registered MIME types:
- application/emotionml+xml, application/ODX, application/prs.hpub+zip,
application/vcard+json, application/vnd.bekitzur-stech+json,
application/vnd.etsi.timestamp-token,
application/vnd.oma.cab-feature-handler+xml,
application/vnd.openeye.oeb, application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap,
audio/amr-wb, model/x3d+xml, model/x3d-vrml
- Added 180 unregistered MIME types from the Apache list:
- application/applixware, application/cu-seeme, application/docbook+xml,
application/gml+xml, application/gpx+xml, application/gxf,
application/java-archive, application/java-serialized-object,
application/java-vm, application/jsonml+json, application/metalink+xml,
application/omdoc+xml, application/onenote, application/pics-rules,
application/rsd+xml, application/ssdl+xml,
application/vnd.3m.post-it-notes, application/vnd.amazon.ebook,
application/vnd.anser-web-funds-transfer-initiation,
application/vnd.curl.car, application/vnd.curl.pcurl,
application/vnd.dolby.mlp, application/vnd.ds-keypoint,
application/vnd.flographit, application/vnd.handheld-entertainment+xml,
application/vnd.hp-hpgl, application/vnd.hp-pcl,
application/vnd.hp-pclxl, application/vnd.ibm.minipay,
application/vnd.kinar, application/vnd.mfer,
application/vnd.mobius.daf, application/vnd.mobius.dis,
application/vnd.mobius.mbk, application/vnd.mobius.mqy,
application/vnd.mobius.msl, application/vnd.mobius.plc,
application/vnd.mobius.txf,
application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-pki.seccat, application/vnd.ms-pki.stl,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slide.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroenabled.12,
application/vnd.novadigm.edm, application/vnd.novadigm.edx,
application/vnd.novadigm.ext, application/vnd.quark.quarkxpress,
application/vnd.rim.cod, application/vnd.rn-realmedia-vbr,
application/vnd.simtech-mindmapper, application/vnd.symbian.install,
application/winhlp, application/x-abiword,
application/x-ace-compressed, application/x-authorware-bin,
application/x-authorware-map, application/x-authorware-seg,
application/x-bittorrent, application/x-blorb, application/x-bzip,
application/x-cbr, application/x-cfs-compressed, application/x-chat,
application/x-conference, application/x-dgc-compressed,
application/x-doom, application/x-dtbncx+xml, application/x-dtbook+xml,
application/x-dtbresource+xml, application/x-envoy, application/x-eva,
application/x-font-bdf, application/x-font-ghostscript,
application/x-font-linux-psf, application/x-font-otf,
application/x-font-pcf, application/x-font-snf, application/x-font-ttf,
application/x-font-type1, application/x-freearc,
application/x-gca-compressed, application/x-glulx,
application/x-gnumeric, application/x-gramps-xml,
application/x-install-instructions, application/x-iso9660-image,
application/x-lzh-compressed, application/x-mie,
application/x-ms-application, application/x-ms-shortcut,
application/x-ms-xbap, application/x-msbinder,
application/x-mscardfile, application/x-msclip,
application/x-msmediaview, application/x-msmetafile,
application/x-msmoney, application/x-mspublisher,
application/x-msschedule, application/x-msterminal,
application/x-mswrite, application/x-nzb, application/x-pkcs12,
application/x-pkcs7-certificates, application/x-pkcs7-certreqresp,
application/x-research-info-systems, application/x-silverlight-app,
application/x-sql, application/x-stuffitx, application/x-subrip,
application/x-t3vm-image, application/x-tads, application/x-tex-tfm,
application/x-tgif, application/x-xfig, application/x-xliff+xml,
application/x-xz, application/x-zmachine, application/xaml+xml,
application/xproc+xml, application/xspf+xml, audio/adpcm, audio/amr-wb,
audio/AMR-WB, audio/midi, audio/s3m, audio/silk, audio/x-caf,
audio/x-flac, audio/x-matroska, audio/x-mpegurl, audio/xm,
chemical/x-cdx, chemical/x-cif, chemical/x-cmdf, chemical/x-cml,
chemical/x-csml, image/sgi, image/vnd.ms-photo, image/x-3ds,
image/x-cmx, image/x-freehand, image/x-icon, image/x-mrsid-image,
image/x-pcx, image/x-tga, model/x3d+binary, model/x3d+vrml, text/plain,
text/vnd.curl.dcurl, text/vnd.curl.mcurl, text/vnd.curl.scurl,
text/x-asm, text/x-c, text/x-fortran, text/x-java-source, text/x-nfo,
text/x-opml, text/x-pascal, text/x-sfv, text/x-uuencode, video/h261,
video/h263, video/h264, video/jpeg, video/jpm, video/mj2, video/x-f4v,
video/x-m4v, video/x-mng, video/x-ms-vob, video/x-smv
- Merged the non-standard VMS platform text/plain with the standard
text/plain.
[#10]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/10
[#11]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/11
[#12]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/12
[#13]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/13
[#18]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/issues/18
[#20]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/20
[#21]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/21
[#22]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/issues/22
[#23]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/23
[#24]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/24
[#28]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/28
[#29]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/29
[#30]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/30
[#31]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/31
[#32]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/issues/32
[#33]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/33
[#34]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/34
[#35]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/35
[#36]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/36
[#40]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/40
[#43]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/43
[#45]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/45
[#46]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/46
[#47]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/pull/47
[#48]: https://github.com/mime-types/mime-types-data/issues/48
[rmt]: https://github.com/mime-types/ruby-mime-types
[code of conduct]: Code-of-Conduct.md
[mini_mime]: https://github.com/discourse/mini_mime/issues/41
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