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Ask HN: How can somebody register a file format such as ".xyz"
Is it possible to register a name for file format such as ".mp7" or names like that?
- wmf 16y agoNo, but you can register a MIME type with IANA and your magic with Christos Zoulas. http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
- nkassis 16y agoYou don't need to register file format extensions, usually it's standardized by usage. The common ones are recognized by your operating system but applications you install ask the system the application with certain file formats. For example on windows here is how the file type associations are done with an installer : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k3bb4tfd(VS.80).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k3bb4tfd(VS.80).aspx (look for the heading creating a file association)