This file represents a local media-type registration for use within the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

It is not an official IANA media type as defined by: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

For more information see: https://metadata-standards.data.bas.ac.uk/resources/media-types#local-media-types

A pseudo media-type template follows.

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(registered 2024-11-01, last updated 2024-11-01)

Media type name: application

Media subtype name: pdf+geo

Required parameters: N/A

Optional parameters: N/A

Encoding considerations: binary

Derived from: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/pdf

Published specification:

ISO 32000-2: Document management — Portable Document Format — Part 2: PDF 2.0, section 12.10: Geospatial Features.

https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/assets/5b15559b96303194340b99820d3a70fa/PDF_ISO_32000-2.pdf

Applications which use this media type:

PDF documents which contain georeferencing information.

File extension(s): .pdf

Intended usage: COMMON

Restrictions on usage: NONE

Additional Information:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geospatial_PDF
- https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000315.shtml

Author:

- Felix Fennell ,
  Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC)

Change controller:

https://gitlab.data.bas.ac.uk/uk-pdc/metadata-infrastructure/metadata-standards (Internal)