Appendix A. Accepted file types and formats

Appendix A. Accepted file types and formats
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The following tables give an overview of the accepted file types and formats in the MPI-archive.

Table A.1. Media resources

Type	CMDI Format	MIME Type	File Extension	Comment
Audio	audio/x-wav	audio/x-wav	.wav	waveform audio
	audio/x-aifc	audio/x-aiff	.aifc	not accepted for new data, tolerated for legacy data for the moment
	audio/x-aifc	audio/x-aiff	.aiff	not accepted in the archive
	audio/x-mp3	audio/mpeg	.mp3	not accepted for new data, tolerated for legacy data for the moment
	audio/mp4	audio/mp4	.m4a	mpeg4 audio, needs hinted track for streaming
	audio/x-mp2	audio/mpeg	.mp2	not accepted for new data, tolerated for legacy data for the moment
	application/ogg	application/ogg	.ogg	not accepted for new data, tolerated for legacy data for the moment
Video	video/x-mpeg1	video/mpeg	.mpg	mpeg1
	video/x-mpeg2	video/mpeg	.mpeg	mpeg2
	video/mp4	video/mp4	.mp4	mpeg4, needs hinted track for streaming
	video/quicktime	video/quicktime	.mov	not accepted for new data, tolerated for legacy data for the moment
	video/x-msvideo	video/x-msvideo	.avi	not accepted in the archive
	application/smil+xml	application/smil	.smil	smil multimedia format
Image	image/jpeg	image/jpeg	.jpg	jpeg image
	image/png	image/png	.png	Portable Network Graphic
	image/tiff	image/tiff	.tiff	tiff encoded image
	image/gif	image/gif	.gif	gif encoded image
	image/svg+xml	image/svg+xml	.svg	Scalable Vector Graphics
Document	application/pdf	application/pdf	.pdf	Portable Document Format
Document	text/html	text/html	.html	web page

Table A.2. Text resources

CMDI Type	CMDI Format	Web server MIME type	File Ext.	Comment
Annotation	text/plain	text/plain	.txt	Unstructured annotation file
	text/html	text/html	.html	Unstructured annotation file
	application/pdf	application/pdf	.pdf	Unstructured annotation file
	text/x-esf	text/plain	.tr	ESF annotation file
	text/x-chat	text/plain	.cha	chat annotation file
	text/x-eaf+xml	text/xml	.eaf	Eudico Annotation Format (ELAN)
	text/x-pfsx+xml	text/xml	.pfsx	ELAN XML preference file
	text/x-shoebox-text	text/plain	.sht	Shoebox annotation file
	text/x-toolbox-text	text/plain	.tbt	Toolbox annotation file
	text/x-cgn-bpt+xml	text/xml	.bpt	CGN annotation file
	text/x-cgn-lxk+xml	text/xml	.lxk	CGN annotation file
	text/x-cgn-pri+xml	text/xml	.pri	CGN annotation file
	text/x-cgn-prx+xml	text/xml	.prx	CGN annotation file
	text/x-cgn-skp+xml	text/xml	.skp	CGN annotation file
	text/x-cgn-tag+xml	text/xml	.tag	CGN annotation file
	text/x-cgn-tig+xml	text/xml	.tig	CGN annotation file
	text/x-trs	text/xml	.trs	Transcriber is not accepted, should be converted to eaf
	text/praat-textgrid	text/praat-textgrid	.TextGrid	TextGrid annotation file
Primary Text	text/plain	text/plain	.txt	plain text
	text/html	text/html	.html	web page
	application/pdf	application/pdf	.pdf	Portable Document Format
Study	text/plain	text/plain	.txt	Plain text
Study	text/html	text/html	.html	web page
Lexical Analysis	text/x-shoebox-lexicon	text/plain	.shx	shoebox lexicon file
	text/x-toolbox-lexicon	text/plain	.tbx	toolbox lexicon file
	text/x-cut	text/plain	.cut	chat lexicon files
	text/x-lmf+xml	text/xml	.lmf	Lexical Markup Framework
	text/plain	text/plain	.txt	Plain text
	text/html	text/html	.html	web page
Unspecified	text/x-shoebox-type	text/plain	.typ	shoebox type file (4)
	text/x-shoebox-language	text/plain	.lng	shoebox language file (4)
	Text/x-shoebox-sortorder	text/plain	.set	Shoebox sort order file (4)
	text/x-lexus-config+xml	text/xml	.conf	LEXUS configuration file (4)
	text/xml	text/xml	.xml	XML file
	text/xml	text/xml	.xsd	XML Schema file
	text/xml	text/xml	.dtd	XML DTD
	text/x-imdi+xml	text/xml	.imdi	IMDI metadata
	application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml	application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml	.kml	Google Earth kml file

	Note
	Please note that the following table only applies to people that store their data in the part of the archive reserved for the MPI's Neurobiology of Language group and the Psychology of Language group.

Table A.3. NBL & PoL resources

Type	CMDI Format	MIME Type	File Extension	Comment
Data	application/x-nbl-img-hdr	application/x-nbl-img-hdr	.hdr	NBL img metadata
	application/x-nbl-img	application/x-nbl-img	.img	Raw NBL IMG data (N*16kB) needs accompanying application/x-nbl-img-hdr
	application/nbl-wksp	application/nbl-wksp	.wksp	not accepted in the archive (ok?)
	application/x-brainvision-data	application/x-brainvision-data	.eeg .seg	Raw NBL Brain Vision EEG data blob? Needs VHDR and VMRK files to open!
	application/spss-sav	application/spss-sav	.sav	NBL SPSS / PSPP data file
	application/x-spss-spv	application/x-spss-spv	.spv	NBL SPSS 16+ result view - may not work with other versions
	application/x-nbl-ehst	application/x-nbl-ehst	.ehst	NBL History file
	application/x-nbl-ehtp	application/x-nbl-ehtp	.ehtp	NBL ehtp file
	application/x-matlab-data	application/x-matlab-data	.mat .fig	Matlab / Octave data file
	application/dicom	application/dicom	.IMA .ima	DICOM file set member / image
	application/zip	application/zip	.zip	zip archive
Text	text/x-brainvision-header	text/x-brainvision-header	.vhdr	NBL Brain Vision Header File (needed for EEG data)
	text/x-brainvision-marker	text/x-brainvision-marker	.vmkr	NBL Brain Vision Marker File (needed for EEG data)
	text/x-matlab	text/x-matlab	.mat	Matlab script (NBL)
	text/x-presentation-script	text/x-presentation-script	.pcl .sce	Other NBL PCL script
	text/x-pcp-settings	text/x-pcp-settings	.exp	NBL PCP Experiment Settings
	text/praat-pitch	text/praat-pitch	.Praat .praat	Praat Pitch data text file
	text/x-nbl-hfinf	text/x-nbl-hfinf	.hfinf	NBL History info file

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