BCP 13

RFC 9694

Guidelines for the Definition of New Top-Level Media Types, March 2025

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Status:
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Updates:
RFC 6838
Author:
M.J. Dürst
Stream:
IETF
Source:
mediaman (art)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9694

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Abstract

This document defines best practices for defining new top-level media types. It also introduces a registry for top-level media types, and contains a short history of top-level media types. It updates RFC 6838.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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