BCP 13, RFC 9694 on Guidelines for the Definition of New Top-Level Media Types
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BCP 13
RFC 9694
Title: Guidelines for the Definition of
New Top-Level Media Types
Author: M.J. Dürst
Status: Best Current Practice
Stream: IETF
Date: March 2025
Mailbox: duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp
Pages: 10
Updates: RFC 6838
See Also: BCP 13
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-mediaman-toplevel-06.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9694
DOI: 10.17487/RFC9694
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.
This document is a product of the Media Type Maintenance Working Group of the IETF.
BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
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