[IANA #1228643] Request for media type application/vnd.ipld.raw

[lidel]

In effort to standardize content type used in ipfs/kubo#8758 am submitting a request for registering application/vnd.ipld.raw at https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

[lidel]

Submitted version after the initial feedback from IANA Operations Manager:

Name: Marcin Rataj
Email: [email protected]

Media type name: application
Media subtype name: vnd.ipld.raw

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters:
N/A

Encoding considerations: binary


Security considerations:
The media type inherits the security considerations for application/octet-stream:
contains no executable code, provides no means for integrity protection or data confidentiality.

When used in IPFS context,  it is strongly
recommended verifying block data integrity based on expected CID digest
<https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/glossary/#cid>

Interoperability considerations:
N/A

Published specification:
Raw block is an opaque array of bytes:
<https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/glossary/#block>
<https://ipld.io/glossary/#block>

Applications which use this media:
IPFS <https://ipfs.io> uses raw blocks in data stores,
HTTP gateways <https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/glossary#gateway>,
inside of CAR archives <https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/carv1/>,
and during p2p bitswap exchanges <https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/glossary#bitswap>

Fragment identifier considerations:
N/A

Restrictions on usage:
N/A

Provisional registration? (standards tree only):
N/A

Additional information:

1. Deprecated alias names for this type: N/A
2. Magic number(s): N/A
3. File extension(s): N/A
4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
5. Object Identifiers: N/A

General Comments:
N/A

Person to contact for further information:

1. Name: Marcin Rataj
2. Email: [email protected]

Intended usage: Common
Raw block representation in IPFS and IPLD.

Author/Change controller:
Protocol Labs
<https://protocol.ai>
<[email protected]>

[lidel]

Done!

• https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml → application/vnd.ipld.raw