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

Hi Murray,

Following up on this vendor-tree conflict review request as well (#2 of 2).

This is now on the 4/16 telechat.

Thank you.

Best regards,

David Dong
IANA Services Sr. Specialist

On Wed Apr 01 23:12:11 2026, amanda.baber wrote:
> 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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