Does the handling of MIME types is independent of SCORM?

Does the handling of MIME types is independent of SCORM?

by Dragan Mijatovic -
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I have asked question on stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33755148/how-i-can-specify-mime-types-for-media-in-imsmanifest-xml-file/33762441#33762441

and I have received following response:


MIME types are handled by the server serving the content, they are independent of SCORM and the imsmanifest.xml file. SCORM does not have any control over how the server handles MIME types. If you are running a local server (including servers that might be built-in to tools), you will need to configure it to handle the MIME types in question.


I would like to confirm that this is true. Any feedback is appreciated .. link to documentation, whatever, to confirm that statement.


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Re: Does the handling of MIME types is independent of SCORM?

by Matteo Scaramuccia -
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Hi Dragan,
that's correct, it is usually a matter of properly configuring your web server and there's nothing related to MIME types in a SCORM (or IMS) package. The same applies for AICC packages.

BUT, in case of Moodle serving these packages, you need to do it in the Moodle way, regardless the web server you're using behind the scenes: https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Working_with_files#Site_administration_settings.

HTH,
Matteo

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