media type registration
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... Historical Note
The media type registration process was initially defined for
registering media types for use in the context ...
... environments or to prohibit their use in other environments. This
revision attempts for the first time to incorporate such
restrictions into media type registrations in a systematic way.
See Section 4.9 for additional discussion.
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The "owner" of a media type registration in the standards tree is
assumed to be the standards body itself. Modification or alteration
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Media type registration proposals are all expected to conform to
various requirements laid out in the following sections. Note that
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and MUST at a minimum be referenced by, if it isn't actually included
in, the media type registration proposal itself.
The specifications of format and processing particulars may or may
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type in [RFC2046] for an example of such directives and how they
should be described in a media type registration.
o All registrations ...
... defined in documents produced by other standards bodies MUST be
described by a formal standards specification produced by that body.
Such specifications MUST contain an appropriate media type
registration template taken from Section 10. Additionally, the
copyright on the registration template MUST allow the IANA ...
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type. It is suggested that this be done by incorporating the IANA
media type registration form into the specification itself.
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The media type registration procedure is not a formal standards
process, but rather an administrative procedure intended to allow
community comment and sanity checking without excessive time delay.
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Notice of a potential media type registration in the standards tree
MUST be sent to the "ietf-types ...
... RFC2026] section 6.5.4.
Once a media type registration has passed review, the IANA will
register ...
... Comments on Media Type Registrations ...
... media type if
possible. Submitters of comments may request that their comment be
attached to the media type registration itself, and if the IANA
approves of this, the comment will be made accessible in conjunction ...
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Media type registrations are listed by the IANA at:
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conduct a comprehensive security review of media type
registrations. Nevertheless, the IANA has the authority to
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Security requirements for media type registrations are discussed in
Section 4.6.
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o The text describing the media type registration procedure has
clarified.
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o Concerns regarding copyrights on media type registration templates
produced by other standards bodies have been dealt with by
requiring that the IANA ...