Care and Feeding of Magic Numbers
draft-main-magic-00
| Document | Type |
Expired Internet-Draft
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| Author | Andrew Main | ||
| Last updated | 2001-10-24 | ||
| RFC stream | (None) | ||
| Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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| Stream | Stream state | (No stream defined) | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
| Telechat date | (None) | ||
| Responsible AD | (None) | ||
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft is available in these formats:
Abstract
This memo describes techniques for the use of magic numbers in a multimedia context, for the in-band identification of digital file formats. Specific recommendations are made concerning the use of magic numbers in newly developed file formats.
Authors
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