# Riff Media.ID contract — registry > **Status:** Adopted and normative for Media.id formation, representation, collision expansion, > versioning, failure handling, and conformance\ > **Current identity version:** MDIA-ID-V3.2\ > **Authority:** Registered by [Riff system requirements](requirements.md). This page is the sole > normative definition of how Media.id is formed. Central requirements continue to govern bindings, > duplicate neutrality, storage, process ownership, safety, and verification outside this exact > scope. This page is a bounded registry. The linked children own the detailed requirements. ## Sections - [1. Scope, acquisition and component formation](media-id-scope-and-terminology.md) - [8. Collision expansion, representation and reset](media-id-result-representation-and-exclusions.md)