diff --git a/Modules/IGTBase/include/mitkIGTMimeTypes.h b/Modules/IGTBase/include/mitkIGTMimeTypes.h
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef MITKIOMIMETYPE_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_
+#define MITKIOMIMETYPE_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_
+
+#include <mitkIOMimeTypes.h>
+#include <mitkCustomMimeType.h>
+
+namespace mitk {
+  class IOBaseMimeTypes
+  {
+    Custom
+  };
+}
+
+
+#endif // MITKIOMIMETYPE_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_
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diff --git a/Modules/IGTBase/src/mitkIGTMimeTypes.cpp b/Modules/IGTBase/src/mitkIGTMimeTypes.cpp
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+// MITK
+#include "mitkIGTMimeTypes.h"
+
+mitk::CustomMimeType mitk::IOBaseMimeTypes::NAVIGATIONDATASETXML_MIMETYPE()
+{
+  mitk::CustomMimeType mimeType(IOMimeTypes::DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".NavigationDataSet.xml");
+  std::string category = "NavigationDataSet";
+  mimeType.SetComment("NavigationDataSet (XML)");
+  mimeType.SetCategory(category);
+  mimeType.AddExtension("xml");
+  return mimeType;
+}
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