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

Hi all,

Given the lack of a good reference for the specification field, Darrel's looking for someone who could write an RFC instead. I'll go ahead and withdraw/close this one.

thanks,
Amanda

On Sat Jun 28 01:10:31 2025, amanda.baber wrote:
> 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
> 
> =====
> 
> 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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