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| Media Type | text |
| subtype | prs.fallenstein.rst |
| Registered? | Yes |
| See also | Fallenstein |
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(last updated 2003-10-02) Name : Benja Fallenstein Email : [email protected] MIME media type name : Text MIME subtype name : Personal Tree - prs.fallenstein.rst Required parameters : None. Optional parameters : The charset parameter, as specified for all subtypes of the "text" media type in section 4.1.2 of RFC 2046. The default value is UTF-8. Note that due to the constraints on the "text" top-level type, linebreaks must be represented as CR/LF octets, and the charset must allow for this. In particular, for this reason, UTF-16 and UTF-32 are not suitable as charsets for this media type. (This does not apply to HTTP, which is not MIME-compliant in that it relaxes restrictions on the "text" type; see section 19.4.2 of RFC 2616.) Encoding considerations : 8bit This media type may require encoding on transports not capable of handling 8 bit text. Security considerations : ReStructuredText is a textual format that is readable as plain text. If used in this way, it introduces no security issues beyond those inherent in using text/plain. On the other hand, reStructuredText can be used as the source for generating various other formats, for example HTML or LaTeX. The reStructuredText format includes a facility for including "raw" information in any such format. Therefore, if used in this way, all security considerations for the target format also apply to reStructuredText. Interoperability considerations : No issues known. Published specification : The reStructuredText specification is available from the format's homepage, <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html>. Applications which use this media : The docutils system, available from <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/>. Additional information : 1. Magic number(s) : None. 2. File extension(s) : .txt, .rst 3. Macintosh file type code : None. 4. Object Identifiers: None. ReStructuredText is a markup format that is particularly readable in source form, using long-standing conventions for plain text (such as surrounding a phrase with asterisks to emphasize it). ReStructuredText was designed and implemented by David Goodger, not by the registrant of this media type. The registrant just happened to have need of a registered media type for it. Person to contact for further information : 1. Name : Benja Fallenstein 2. Email : [email protected] Intended usage : Common Author/Change controller : Change control for this registration is currently with Benja Fallenstein. (If anybody more intimately involved with ReStructuredText wants to take it over, it will be surrendered gladly.) (created 2-October-2003)