.wav file formats

[Tom Honeyman]

Hi Rachel,

If you use mime content types as controlled vocabulary then the value  
is "audio/x-wav"

-tom


On 21/09/2006, at 1:25 PM, Linguist wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I am filling in a format (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative) field in  
> a database about oral history recordings.
>
> DCMI suggest using the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)  
> Audio Media-Types list to fill in the format field (seehttp:// 
> www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/audio/) .
>
> I have recordings from the Marantz PMD 660 which are PCM .wav files.
>
> My question is which media type best describes my PCM files, using  
> the IANA list?
>
> Any clues much appreciated!
>
> Rachel
>
> Rachel Cross
> Linguist
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