[media-types] [IANA #1448628] expert review for draft-pa ntos-hls-rfc8216bis-21 (vendor tree, conflict review)

Hi Murray,

Sending a reminder for this vendor-tree conflict review request. #2 of 2.

thanks,
Amanda

On Thu Mar 26 21:45:55 2026, amanda.baber wrote:
> Hi Murray,
> 
> This is the second conflict review request I have for you. This one is
> modifying application/vnd.apple.mpegurl:
> 
> https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-
> types/application/vnd.apple.mpegurl
> 
> The only changes I see, apart from any changes to referenced sections
> of the document, are the addition of a "Query parameter
> considerations" field and the replacement of David Singer, who I
> understand has retired from Apple, as change controller. Do we need to
> reach out to David (via a different address) to ask him to approve his
> replacement? Would that be necessary if Apple were to be listed as
> change controller rather than another Apple employee, if the existing
> registration should be considered a "third-party registration," as
> described in RFC 6838?
> 
> See below for the template. As with the other request, this conflict
> review is listed as "for action" on next week's telechat agenda.
> 
> thanks,
>  Amanda
> 
> =====
> 
> Type name: application
> 
> Subtype name: vnd.apple.mpegurl
> 
> Required parameters: none
> 
> Optional parameters: none
> 
> Encoding considerations: encoded as UTF-8, which is 8-bit text.  This
> media type may require encoding on transports not capable of handling
> 8-bit text.  See Section 4 for more information.
> 
> Security considerations: See Section 12.
> 
> Compression: this media type does not employ compression.
> 
> Interoperability considerations: There are no byte-ordering issues
> since files are 8-bit text.  Applications could encounter
> unrecognized tags, which SHOULD be ignored.
> 
> Published specification: see Section 4.
> 
> Applications that use this media type: Multimedia applications such
> as the iPhone media player in iOS 3.0 and later and QuickTime Player
> in Mac OS X version 10.6 and later.
> 
> Fragment identifier considerations: no Fragment Identifiers are
> defined for this media type.
> 
> Query parameter considerations: the definition of all query
> parameters for resources of this media type which begin with the
> string "_HLS_" are reserved by this specification.  Currently-defined
> query parameters are specified in Section 6.2.5, Section 7.4, and
> Appendix D.4.
> 
> Additional information:
> 
> Deprecated alias names for this type: none
> Magic number(s): #EXTM3U
> File extension(s): .m3u8, .m3u (see Section 4)
> Macintosh file type code(s): none
> 
> Person & email address to contact for further information: Dimitri
> Podborski, dpodborski AT apple.com.
> 
> Intended usage: LIMITED USE
> 
> Restrictions on usage: none
> 
> Author: Roger Pantos
> 
> Change Controller: Dimitri Podborski

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