Yes, it’s a complex area. As chemists, around 1994 we set out on a project to define about 50 “media types” as part of what we called a chemical MIME content type. Quite a few of our choices still are in use but things have got far more complex since then. It might be worth taking a complete look at all the currently ratified MIME types for some help http://www.sitepoint.com/web-foundations/mime-types-complete-list/
Dave Martinsen has reviewed more recently; D. P. Martinsen, Supplemental Journal Article Materials in ACS Symposium Series, Special Issues in Data Management, 2012, Chapter 3, pp 31-45, DOI: http://doi.org7r9 and that might contain some more recent pointers in the physical sciences area.
On 18/04/2016, 13:01, "Research Data Management discussion list on behalf of Mary Donaldson" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hello,
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>At Glasgow, we're staring to look at how we handle data that is included in supplementary information files. We're becoming increasingly aware of the broad range of file types that are being included in SI, beyond the usual PDFs and extra figures. Many of these file types contain representations of data rather than the data themselves, but some could be data.
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>We're planning on having a discussion soon to develop some internal guidelines for when the SI files should go in our publications repository and when they merit a record in the data repository. Has anyone else already visited this territory? If so, we'd love to know what conclusions you came to. We will also be happy to share our ideas once we've given them some thought and testing.
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>Best wishes,
>Mary
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>RDM Service Coordinator,
>University of Glasgow.
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