diff --git a/config/alfresco/extension/mimetype-map-extension.xml.sample b/config/alfresco/extension/mimetype-map-extension.xml.sample
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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>
+
+<beans>
+   
+    <bean id="mimetypeConfigService" class="org.alfresco.config.xml.XMLConfigService" init-method="init">
+        <constructor-arg>
+            <bean class="org.alfresco.config.source.UrlConfigSource">
+                <constructor-arg>
+                    <list>
+                        <value>classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map.xml</value>
+                        <value>classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map-openoffice.xml</value>
+                        <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/mimetypes-extension.xml</value>
+                    </list>
+                </constructor-arg>
+            </bean>
+        </constructor-arg>
+    </bean>
+
+
+</beans>
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diff --git a/config/alfresco/extension/mimetypes-extension.xml.sample b/config/alfresco/extension/mimetypes-extension.xml.sample
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+<alfresco-config area="mimetype-map">
+   
+   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Mimetype Map">
+      <mimetypes>
+
+         <mimetype mimetype="application/XXX" display="Example mimetype">
+            <extension>ex</extension>
+         </mimetype>
+
+      </mimetypes>
+   </config>
+   
+</alfresco-config>