type
Description
The type header is used to indicate the MIME type of the attached body. This should be used for any request or response that contains a body.
Syntax
In the following grammar, type should be a valid general MIME type and subtype should be a MIME subtype.
header ::= "type=" type "/" subtype
Example
type=text/sdml
Support
As request header
Request bodies aren't currently a part of the SDTP sepcification, they are only present for potential future expansion.
As response header
| Program | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SDTPBrowser | Yes | This header is used to determine how to handle the response body. |
| SDTPServer | Yes | This header is guessed using Java's Files.probeContentType(Path path) method. SDML and SDSS files are detected based on file extension. |