Does the html5 audio tag encompass .mid (MIDI) unofficially?

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hawkeye picture hawkeye · Apr 26, 2011 · Viewed 11.3k times · Source

It seems clear that officially the html5 audio tag is intended for use with the ogg format.

Does the html5 audio tag encompass .mid (MIDI) unofficially?

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rsp picture rsp · Dec 26, 2012

Updates:

This is a somewhat old question but it is still highly ranked on Google so here are some updates to the answers above - standards and tools that may have not been available when the question was asked but may be useful to people who find this question today:

  • Web MIDI API (this is currently a W3C Editor's Draft from December 26, 2012 - ie. today - so it may change)
  • MIDI.js - playing MIDI with JavaScript
  • jasmid - MIDI synthesis with JavaScript

See also those questions:

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