What is the MIME type of a VRML file?
The MIME type of a VRML file is “model/vrml”, although some servers may deliver it as the older MIME type “x-world/x-vrml”. The spec requires VRML browsers to support both MIME types. If you administer a web server, you should use the official type, not the older “x-” type. • What filename extensions designate a VRML file? A VRML file ends in “.wrl”. A VRML file name may end in “.wrl.gz” or “.wrz” to indicate that the file has been gzipped, but this is not necessary, and browsers are not required by the spec to support these file name extensions. Blaxxun has a separate MIME type (application/x-ccpro) and “extension” (.bxx) for its multi-user worlds. This lets users configure some other VRML plugin as their default VRML browser while still using Blaxxun’s CCPro browser for multi-user worlds. Although these files contain VRML, neither the content of the files nor the MIME type nor the extension are governed by the VRML spec. • What is comp.lang.vrml? The unmoderated USENET newsgroup comp
