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WebP Image Format
draft-zern-webp-15

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Announcement

From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
Cc: The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, draft-zern-webp@ietf.org, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org, shodoco@gmail.com, superuser@gmail.com
Subject: Document Action: 'WebP Image Format' to Informational RFC (draft-zern-webp-15.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'WebP Image Format'
  (draft-zern-webp-15.txt) as Informational RFC

This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF
Working Group.

The IESG contact person is Murray Kucherawy.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zern-webp/


Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document provides the Media Type Registration for the subtype
   image/webp.

Working Group Summary

   The document is not a product of a working group, and is sponsored by an
   Area Director.  Discussion has occurred on the DISPATCH and MEDIA-TYPES
   lists.

Document Quality

   WebP is natively supported in Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox,
   Edge, the Opera browser, and by many other tools and software
   libraries. Developers have also added support to a variety of
   image editing tools.

   The media type reviewers have already submitted feedback,
   which was incorporated.

Personnel

  Document Shepherd: Huapeng Zhou
  Responsible Area Director: Murray Kucherawy

IESG Note

   This document was previously approved for publication (as -11) but then heavily
   revised during AUTH48, so I sent it around for another Last Call and it is
   returning for a new ballot.

RFC Editor Note