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Custom MIME Type not working

Symptom

You want to use a new MIME Type in IBM Content Navigator, for example application/dita+xml. You did add a File Type filterĀ under the settings panel from the administrator (DITA files using the dita MIME Type you just created).

ICN_customMIMEType

Then you used this file type filter to filter an entry template associated on a folder.

ICN_customMIMEType2

However the entry template is never displayed when adding a document. Instead you only see entry templates for Any type of file, or no entry template at all if you have none without filter.

ICN_customMIMEType3

Here we were expecting our entry template associated to the DITA file type filter

You’ve tried adding a MIME Type mapping to inform ICN in WebSphere virtual host, ICN’s web.xml and modify CE’s mimetypes.properties but nothing worked (well if you didn’t try these I can tell you it doesn’t).
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