RFC 6838 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2013
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures
Overview
RFC 6838, “Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures”, is a Best Current Practice document published in January 2013 by N. Freed, J. Klensin, T. Hansen. It obsoletes RFC 4288. It has since been updated by RFC 9694. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines procedures for the specification and registration of media types for use in HTTP, MIME, and other Internet protocols. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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Relationships to other RFCs
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- RFC 6837 NERD: A Not-so-novel Endpoint ID to Routing Locator Database
- RFC 6839 Additional Media Type Structured Syntax Suffixes
- RFC 6836 Locator/ID Separation Protocol Alternative Logical Topology
- RFC 6840 Clarifications and Implementation Notes for DNS Security
- RFC 6835 The Locator/ID Separation Protocol Internet Groper
- RFC 6841 A Framework for DNSSEC Policies and DNSSEC Practice Statements
- RFC 6834 Locator/ID Separation Protocol Map-Versioning
- RFC 6842 Client Identifier Option in DHCP Server Replies