| Basic Info | |
|---|---|
| Media Type | application |
| subtype | vnd.music-niff |
| Registered? | Yes |
| See also | Butler |
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From: Tim Butler <[email protected]> Subject: Registration request: application/music-niff To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 26 Mar 96 14:31:08 MST The proposal has been available for discussion for more than two weeks on the [email protected] mailing list and there were no objections. I can provide all correspondence concerning "music-niff" on request. =========================================== MIME type name: "application" MIME subtype name: "vnd.music-niff" Required parameters: There are no required parameters. Optional parameters: No optional parameters are specified. Encoding considerations: The "base64" mechanism is preferred because NIFF is an 8-bit binary file format. Security considerations: Most of the standard NIFF structure conveys only logical and graphical information about music notation. This is intended to be processed, formatted, and displayed by a program (NIFF reader). Very few NIFF elements are intended to consume system resources or be executable. There are a few exceptions however. NIFF files may store Postscript programs that represent fonts and special symbols. Thus the entire section on the media type "application/postscript" security applies to "application/niff". NIFF files may also include performance information in the form of MIDI commands. Some NIFF readers will interpret and transmit MIDI commands on a user's system. MIDI commands can control a user's MIDI system to play notes or reset equipment. MIDI system exclusive messages may perform any action that is provided by a MIDI equipment vendor. This can include exotic or damaging system functions such as erasing or changing data. NIFF users may extend NIFF with "user-defined" elements to implement features not defined by the NIFF specification. The security of these user-defined features is beyond the scope of the NIFF standard. Published specification: An electronic version the the NIFF specification is available as URL ftp://blackbox.cartah.washington.edu/pub/NIFF/NIFF6A.TXT Please note that this document is undergoing revisions. Person & email address to contact for further information: Contact concerning the NIFF standard ------------------------------------- Cindy Grande NIFF Technical Coordinator 19004 37th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98188 Phone: +1 206-244-3411 Email: [email protected] Contact concerning MIME media type ---------------------------------- Timothy Butler 982 Wedgewood Rd Pinecliffe, CO 80471 Phone: +1 303-642-3047 Email: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~