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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T16:09:10+00:00 2026-05-20T16:09:10+00:00

Reading up on content providers, I keep wondering why both the category and type

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Reading up on content providers, I keep wondering why both the category and type of Android MIME types are prefixed with vnd. For example:

vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.<something>
vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.<something>

Anyone know what this stands for and what the point is?

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    2026-05-20T16:09:11+00:00Added an answer on May 20, 2026 at 4:09 pm

    vnd indicates vendor-specific MIME types, which means they are MIME types that were introduced by corporate bodies rather than e.g. an Internet consortium.

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