Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/xml

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .XML files (eXtensible Markup Language).

File Extension

.xml

Content-Type Header

application/xml

Format Category

Code & Web

Standard Specification

RFC 7303 / W3C XML

Description & Usage

Software and hardware-independent text markup format for structured data.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .xml
types {
    application/xml    xml;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

Want to test header signatures or binary files?

Run binary magic byte inspection in Magic Byte Detector.

Frequently Asked Questions

The official MIME content type for .xml files is "application/xml". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .xml data.