# File Suffix Binding

This module sets up the binding between a file suffix and a media type, language, encoding etc. In a client application the suffixes are used in protocols that does not directly support media types etc., like FTP, and in server applications they are used to make the bindings between the server and the local file store that the server can serve to the rest of the world (well almost). The HTFormat module holds this information against the accept headers received in a request and uses if for format negotiation. All the binding management can all be replaced by a database interface.