mimetypes for directories?

[Stef Bon]

2010/12/21 Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj at stegny.2a.pl>:
> Dnia poniedziałek, 20 grudnia 2010 o 17:59:17 Stef Bon napisał(a):
>> Now this construction uses a sort of mimetypes for directories to
>> identify directories and the meaning they have in the context.
>>
>> For example I'm using the type local.dev.disk.ata.partition for a
>> partition on an ata disk.
>> Another example: remote.net.smb.share for a remote smb share.
>
> These strings are not media types.  A directory has a (fake) media type "inode/directory".  It is fake because you cannot send a directory over a network as a unit (which is the problem media types try to address).

I understand the difference between a directory and a file. But is
that the problem to not have mimetypes for directories?

Stef