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4. IANA Considerations

IANA has registered the MIME type "text/csv" using the application provided in Section 3 of this document.

Registration Status​

  • Media type: text/csv
  • Registration authority: IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
  • Reference document: RFC 4180, Section 3
  • Registration date: October 2005

Registration Summary​

This registration contains the following key information:

  1. Type name: text
  2. Subtype name: csv
  3. Required parameters: none
  4. Optional parameters: charset, header
  5. Encoding considerations: uses CRLF to denote line breaks
  6. Security considerations: contains passive text data with potential buffer overrun risks
  7. Interoperability considerations: differences exist among implementations
  8. File extension: CSV
  9. Intended usage: COMMON

Maintenance Responsibility​

  • Change controller: IESG (Internet Engineering Steering Group)
  • Specification reference: RFC 4180

Implementers and users should consult the IANA media type registry for current information about this MIME type.