The application/pdf Media Type
RFC 8118, “The application/pdf Media Type”, is an Informational document published in March 2017 by M. Hardy, L. Masinter, D. Markovic, D. Johnson, M. Bailey. It obsoletes RFC 3778. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is an ISO standard (ISO 32000-1:2008) defining a final-form document representation language in use for document exchange, including on the Internet, since 1993. This document provides an overview of the PDF format and updates the media type registration of "application/pdf". It obsoletes RFC 3778.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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