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From: Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gemini
Subject: Re: Gemini protocol mime type
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:05:43 +1100
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Davinci <brometeo@gmail.com> writes:

> Do you know it it is possible to define a mime type for gemini
> protocol, using an specific tool for showing gemini links? How it
> should be done?

MIME types apply to content, not protocols. The gemini protocol can be
used to serve multiple MIME types (including e.g. image/jpeg and
audio/mp3).

The unofficial MIME type for _gemtext_ content is text/gemini. i say
'unofficial' because the 'official' list of MIME types is maintained by
the IANA; refer to:

  https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

for the details.

i'm not aware of any software which serves up gemtext content using a
different MIME type, but if so, i'd be interested to know what it's
using instead (perhaps text/plain?).

Does that help?


Alexis.