Type name: image

Subtype name: webp

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: Binary. The Base64 encoding [RFC4648] should be used on transports that cannot accommodate binary data directly.

Security considerations: See Section 4.

Interoperability considerations: See Section 5.

Published specification: RFC-zern-webp-12

Applications that use this media type: Applications that are used to display and process images, especially when smaller image file sizes are important.

Fragment identifier considerations: N/A

Additional information:

Deprecated alias names for this type: N/A

Magic number(s): The first 4 bytes are 0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46 ('RIFF'), followed by 4 bytes for the RIFF chunk size. The next 7 bytes are 0x57, 0x45, 0x42, 0x50, 0x56, 0x50, 0x38 ('WEBPVP8').

File extension(s): webp

Apple Uniform Type Identifier: org.webmproject.webp conforms to public.image

Object Identifiers: N/A

Person & email address to contact for further information:

Name: James Zern
Email: jzern&google.com

Intended usage: COMMON

Restrictions on usage: N/A

Author:

Name: James Zern
Email: jzern&google.com

Change controller:

Name: James Zern
Email: jzern&google.com

Name: Pascal Massimino
Email: pascal.massimino&gmail.com

Name: WebM Project
Email: webmaster&webmproject.org