RFC 4288:Media Type Specifications and Registratio...
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... This specification makes use of the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) [RFC4234] notation, including the core rules ...


... Type and subtype names MUST conform to the following ABNF: type-name ...
... Note that this syntax is somewhat more restrictive than what is allowed by the ABNF in [RFC2045]. ...
... Note that this syntax is somewhat more restrictive than what is allowed by the ABNF in [RFC2045] and amended by [RFC2231]. ...


... Crocker, D. Ed., and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", RFC 4234draft, October 2005. ...



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