File Types
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- Application Registry -- stores supported MIME types and URIs of various applications
- File Types -- functions for getting information about files based on their MIME type
- MIME Database Monitor -- monitor the MIME database for changes (primarily for file browsers)
MIME types provide a standardized for denoting the content of files or
file streams. GnomeVFS exposes simple methods for both identifying the
MIME type of a particular file, and deciding how to act on it. The MIME
and application registries provide a mapping between files of a particular
mime type and applications / bonobo components which can view or edit
those files. Applications such as Nautilus use this database to generate
appropriate actions when files are activated.