RFC 1952 (GZIP File Format Specification) section 2.3.1.1 reads:
2.3.1.1. Extra field
If the FLG.FEXTRA bit is set, an "extra field" is present in
the header, with total length XLEN bytes. It consists of a
series of subfields, each of the form:
+---+---+---+---+==================================+
|SI1|SI2| LEN |... LEN bytes of subfield data ...|
+---+---+---+---+==================================+
SI1 and SI2 provide a subfield ID, typically two ASCII letters
with some mnemonic value. Jean-Loup Gailly
<email@hidden> is maintaining a registry of subfield
IDs; please send him any subfield ID you wish to use. Subfield
IDs with SI2 = 0 are reserved for future use. The following
IDs are currently defined:
SI1 SI2 Data
---------- ---------- ----
0x41 ('A') 0x70 ('P') Apollo file type information
LEN gives the length of the subfield data, excluding the 4
initial bytes.
Do any subfield types exist beyond the AP
given in the RFC? A web search doesn't find a list; neither is there any mention on GZip's Wikipedia page, the GNU homepage, in the gzip source code, or on Stack Overflow.
As far as I know, there is no such registry being maintained. Jean-loup no longer works on gzip.