HTTP Live Streaming 2nd Edition
draft-pantos-hls-rfc8216bis-22

Media type review:

> > > Type name: application
> > >
> > > Subtype name: vnd.apple.mpegurl
> > >
> > > Required parameters: none
> > >
> > > Optional parameters: none
>

These should be "N/A"; see RFC 6838 Section 5.6.


> > > 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.
>

This should just be "binary"; see RFC 6838 Section 4.8.


> > > Security considerations: See Section 12.
> > >
> > > Compression: this media type does not employ compression.
>

That field isn't in the template.


> > > 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.
>

There's no such field in the template.  I think these details belong in the
specification document and don't need to be added here.

IANA has completed its review of draft-pantos-hls-rfc8216bis-21. If any part of this review is inaccurate, please let us know.

We understand that when this document is sent to us for processing, we will perform one registry action.

In the media type registry, IANA will replace the current registration template and reference for the existing application/vnd.apple.mpegurl registration:

https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types

Because this is a vendor-tree media type, we've asked an IESG-designated media type expert to review and approve the revised template. This review is currently in progress.

The "IANA review" state for this document is currently listed as "IANA - Not OK," but will be changed to "IANA OK - Actions Needed" upon expert approval of the revision.

draft-pantos-hls-rfc8216bis has been presented to the ISE for
publication as an Informational RFC on the Independent Stream.

==Purpose==

This draft documents version 13 of Apple's HTTP Living Streaming
Protocol (HLS).

== History==

The draft was submitted to the ISE in August of 2025.

==Non-IETF Work==

This protocol is maintained primarily by Apple Computer, but used
widely within the industry.

==Security Considerations==

See Section 12 of the draft.

==IANA==

A media type has been assigned by IANA.

==Reviews==

This memo was heavily reviewed by current protocol users, including
but not limited to Janusz Szalapata, Phil Cluff, Zachary Cava, and
Robert Galluccio, and the reviewers of content-steering: Will Law,
Jason Thilbeault, Yuriy Reznik, and Jordan Schneider.