@misc{rfc8878, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 8878, howpublished = {RFC 8878}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC8878}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8878}, author = {Yann Collet and Murray Kucherawy}, title = {{Zstandard Compression and the 'application/zstd' Media Type}}, pagetotal = 45, year = 2021, month = feb, abstract = {Zstandard, or "zstd" (pronounced "zee standard"), is a lossless data compression mechanism. This document describes the mechanism and registers a media type, content encoding, and a structured syntax suffix to be used when transporting zstd-compressed content via MIME. Despite use of the word "standard" as part of Zstandard, readers are advised that this document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is being published for informational purposes only. This document replaces and obsoletes RFC 8478.}, }