Mat,
When the core or tiddlywiki uses a very generic term there will be overlap. Tiddlywiki’s type field does relate to a mime type. With the exception of media most user tiddlers are the default and need not even have the type field set.
@TiddlyTitch This is one of the nicest complements I have ever received
In the real world and English we use the word “type” to systematically categorise tiddlers formally or informally eg “is it a shadow tiddler?” “is it a system tiddler?” is it a “Celebrity Quote tiddler”. The type field is rarely involved in distinguishing between tiddlers.
The point here people already use “type” and a strict definition is not possible. However when needed you can place the word in context and it will be considered Content Type as formally defined in tiddlywiki.
The purpose of the exercise is this discussion is at a minimum to satisfy this request about the definition of particular types Definition: Pure Tiddler and Impure Tiddler - #79 by CodaCoder
The collation of these titles is to make visible the “types of tiddlers” made reference to in the community, wikis and minds of designers. We discover things like the word “template tiddler” is overloaded in tiddlywiki and can be further divided.
Posting, makes public things in our minds we can “share and compare”.