RFC 3003 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2000
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
The audio/mpeg Media Type
Overview
RFC 3003, “The audio/mpeg Media Type”, is a Proposed Standard document published in November 2000 by M. Nilsson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The audio layers of the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards are in frequent use on the internet, but there is no uniform Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type for these files. The intention of this document is to define the media type audio/mpeg to refer to this kind of contents. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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