RFC 3302 · DRAFT STANDARD · 2002
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Tag Image File Format - image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration
Overview
RFC 3302, “Tag Image File Format - image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration”, is a Draft Standard document published in September 2002 by G. Parsons, J. Rafferty. It obsoletes RFC 2302. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes the registration of the MIME sub-type image/tiff. The baseline encoding of TIFF (Tag Image File Format) is defined by [TIFF]. This document refines an earlier sub-type registration in RFC 1528 [TPC.INT].
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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