(registered 2016-07-14, last updated 2016-07-14)

Name: Kim Scarborough
Email: user&unknown.nu

Media type name: application
Media subtype name: vnd.rar

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters:
N/A

Encoding considerations: binary


Security considerations:
The security issues associated with this type have not been
assessed.

Interoperability considerations:
As this is not an open standard, interoperability is left up to
the discretion of the developer.

Published specification:
The published specification is available at the developer's discretion from

<http://www.rarlab.com/technote.htm>

Applications which use this media:
The RAR and WinRAR set of applications.

Fragment identifier considerations:
N/A

Restrictions on usage:
N/A

Provisional registration? (standards tree only):
N/A

Additional information:

1. Deprecated alias names for this type: application/x-rar-compressed
2. Magic number(s): 52 61 72 21 1A 07 00
3. File extension(s): .rar
4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
5. Object Identifiers: N/A

General Comments:
Older versions of the software would also use the file extensions .r00, .r01, etc. to .r99 to indicate multi-file archives. This usage is now deprecated, and all parts should use the .rar extension.

Person to contact for further information:

1. Name: Kim Scarborough
2. Email: user&unknown.nu

Intended usage: Common
This is a reasonably popular proprietary archive format.

Author/Change controller: win.rar GmbH
Marienstrasse 12
10117 Berlin
Germany HRB 109885 B Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
Ust-ID Nr. DE255974207