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Mimetypes as codes

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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reviewing the proposal in issue #4 and the existing multicodec tables and naming rules. Determine whether MIME types can replace the current codes without losing compactness or compatibility; done requires a documented decision and an agreed implementation scope.

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Description

Naming every possible type is already done with mime types.
I think it would make sense to use them as codes, instead of defining your own.

"image/jpg" or "text/plain" make nice paths btw ;)

What are your thoughts on it, did I miss something?

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