SSA 0.9 mimetypes

[Doug Tody]

This is SSA.   The data is not an image, so the application/fits catch-all
is what is needed (what we have here are binary tables containing spectra).
For SIA image/fits is normally the appropriate type because the data is
a 2D image.   Doug


On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Steve Allen wrote:
> On Fri 2005-06-03T13:22:54 -0700, Patrick Dowler hath writ:
> > I see in the doc a reference to "application/fits" ... I thought "image/fits" was an accepted
> > mimetype? or is that just for "images" in the traditional sense (2D data where the axes are
> > spatial?
>
> The FITS MIME media types are now codified in RFC 4047.
>
> The prescriptions for the use of application/fits and image/fits in
> the IANA registrations are not strong enough to be entirely disjoint.
> In many cases the provider of the data will have a choice of using
> either according to the intended use of the FITS file.
>
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