11. IANA Considerations
This specification makes use of some lists of values currently maintained by the IANA, and creates two new lists for the IANA to maintain. It does not add any values to any existing registries. The existing IANA registries used by this specification are modified using mechanisms specified elsewhere.
11.1. The OS-Specific Fact Registry
A registry of OS specific fact names shall be maintained by the IANA. The OS names for the OS portion of the fact name must be taken from the IANA's list of registered OS names. To add a fact name to this OS specific registry of OS specific facts, an applicant must send to the IANA a request, in which is specified the OS name, the OS specific fact name, a definition of the syntax of the fact value, which must conform to the syntax of a token as given in this document, and a specification of the semantics to be associated with the particular fact and its values. Upon receipt of such an application, and if the combination of OS name and OS specific fact name has not been previously defined, the IANA will add the specification to the registry. Any examples of OS specific facts found in this document are to be treated as examples of possible OS specific facts, and do not form a part of the IANA's registry merely because of being included in this document.
11.2. The OS-Specific Filetype Registry
A registry of OS specific file types shall be maintained by the IANA. The OS names for the OS portion of the fact name must be taken from the IANA's list of registered OS names. To add a file type to this OS specific registry of OS specific file types, an applicant must send to the IANA a request, in which is specified the OS name, the OS specific file type, a definition of the syntax of the fact value, which must conform to the syntax of a token as given in this document, and a specification of the semantics to be associated with the particular fact and its values. Upon receipt of such an application, and if the combination of OS name and OS specific file type has not been previously defined, the IANA will add the specification to the registry. Any examples of OS specific file types found in this document are to be treated as potential OS specific file types only, and do not form a part of the IANA's registry merely because of being included in this document.
