4. IANA Considerations

This specification registers the following additional MIME media types:

Type name: application

Subtype name: merge-patch+json

Required parameters: None

Optional parameters: None

Encoding considerations: Resources that use the "application/merge-patch+json" media type are required to conform to the "application/json" media type and are therefore subject to the same encoding considerations specified in Section 8 of [RFC7159].

Security considerations: As defined in this specification

Published specification: This specification.

Applications that use this media type: None currently known.

Additional information:

Magic number(s): N/A
File extension(s): N/A
Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT

Person & email address to contact for further information: IESG

Intended usage: COMMON

Restrictions on usage: None

Author: James M. Snell <[email protected]>

Change controller: IESG

4. IANA Considerations​

4. IANA Considerations