From bcb2fb5e48be3c931479a1a2e77f48123d6e96ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominic Szablewski Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 23:44:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about MIME type; close #167 --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0e127003..651ceced 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ converts between png <> qoi a simple wrapper to benchmark stbi, libpng and qoi +## MIME Type, File Extension + +The recommended MIME type for QOI images is `image/qoi`. While QOI is not yet +officially registered with IANA, I believe QOI has found enough adoption to +prevent any future image format from choosing the same name, thus making a +MIME type collision highly unlikely ([see #167](https://github.com/phoboslab/qoi/issues/167)) + +Recommended file extension for QOI images is `.qoi` + + ## Limitations The QOI file format allows for huge images with up to 18 exa-pixels. A streaming