[media-types] [IANA #1422248] audio/wav registration req uest

"Amanda Baber via RT" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.types
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi all,

Alexey suggested asking the media-types list to review the submission below and consider whether the IESG should be asked to approve audio/wav as a grandfathered media type, per RFC 6838, Appendix A. It doesn't appear that anyone's available to write an RFC to register this. 

A couple of notes on the submission:

We could use an entry for the contact field (and contact information for the change controller). The submitter's name and address would be removed before publication.

In the published specification field, the submitter initially wrote, "I do not know of any single source of truth published specification from Microsoft," and pointed to that wikipedia entry. Is that link sufficient?

thanks,
Amanda

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Name: Aaron Franke

Email: [email protected]

Media type name: audio

Media subtype name: wav

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: binary

WAV audio is encoded in the RIFF container format.

Security considerations: No executable content. No privacy or integrity services. Uses the RIFF container format. No links within the file.

Interoperability considerations: WAV is supported by all modern devices and all modern browsers. It is extremely interoperable.

Published specification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV

Applications which use this media: Audio playback.

Fragment identifier considerations: N/A

Restrictions on usage: No restrictions on usage, all related patents have expired.

Provisional registration? (standards tree only): No

Additional information:

1. Deprecated alias names for this type: audio/vnd.wave, audio/wave, audio/x-wav
2. Magic number(s): RIFFxxxxWAVE (RIFF followed by file size followed by WAVE)
3. File extension(s): wav
4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
5. Object Identifiers: N/A

General Comments: Waveform Audio File Format (audio/wav) is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on personal computers. It is the main format used on Microsoft Windows systems for uncompressed audio.

Person to contact for further information:

1. Name: N/A
2. Email: N/A

Intended usage: COMMON

Extremely common.

Author/Change controller: Microsoft

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