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Revision 7 (Alex Afanasyev, 07/30/2018 02:43 PM) → Revision 8/29 (Alex Afanasyev, 07/30/2018 02:43 PM)

# Name Component Type Assignment 

 This document provides reference to the assigned Name Component types as well as reserves the range of types for experimentation purposes. 

 ## Assigned types 

 Type | Assigned value (dec) | Description of the content | Reference 
 ------------|----------------------|----------------------------|----------- 
 Invalid | 0    | Invalid name component type    | [NDN Packet spec](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/) 
 ImplicitSha256DigestComponent          |    1     | Implicit SHA256 component    | [NDN Packet spec](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/) 
 InterestParametersSha256DigestComponent          |    2 1     | InterestParameters SHA256 digest component    | [NDN Packet spec](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/) 
 GenericNameComponent          |    8     | Generic name component    | [NDN Packet spec](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/) 

 ## Reserved ranges 

 Types (dec) | Description of the content 
 -------------|------------------------- 
 2-7, 8-200    | Unassigned (1-byte encoding) 
 201-252    | For experimental use (1-byte encoding) 
 253-3200 | Unassigned (3-byte encoding) 
 3201-65535 | For experimental use (3-byte encoding) 
 **65536+** | **Invalid values (5+-byte encoding)**