(registered 2025-09-25, last updated 2025-09-25)

Media type name: text

Media subtype name: org

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: 7bit

Security considerations: It is possible for emacs org-mode documents to set unsafe buffer variables or execute elisp upon opening a document. These conditions do not exist in default configurations, but must be explicitly enabled in-advance in the emacs configuration.

Interoperability considerations: org-mode is a plain text markup format (similar to markdown). It can be viewed and edited in any text editor or viewer.

Published specification: https://orgmode.org/org.html

Applications which use this media: emacs and other syntax-aware text editors may provide active links and formatting for org-mode texts. Any text editor may read and write org-mode documents.

Fragment identifier considerations: N/A

Restrictions on usage: There are no restrictions for org-mode documents.

Additional information:

1. Deprecated alias names for this type: text/x-org
2. Magic number(s): N/A
3. File extension(s): .org
4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
5. Object Identifiers: N/A

Person to contact for further information:

1. Name: Jeffrey Gipson
2. Email: Jeff&Gipson-Family.net

Intended usage: COMMON

Author/Change controller: https://tracker.orgmode.org/