Re: Proposal for i111 / i63

Brian Smith wrote:
> ...
>>> * p3, B.1:
>>> Old:
>>>> filename-parm = "filename" "=" quoted-string
>>> New:
>>> """
>>> filename-parm = "filename" "=" quoted-string | encoded-word
>>> """
> 
> RFC2047 says "An 'encoded-word' MUST NOT be used in parameter of a MIME
> Content-Type or Content-Disposition field, or in any structured field
> body except within a 'comment' or 'phrase'." That is what RFC2231 is
> for. Also, this is not a backward-compatible change. Different products
> use differing syntaxes for the filename parameter, and nobody is using
> RFC2047. See
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Mar/0113.html. I
> suggest to make a separate issue for this.
> ...

I agree that we should treat this as a separate issue. It's different 
from all the other I18N use cases in that non-ISO filenames are indeed 
used in practice, and at least two UAs agree that RFC2231 is the way to go.

Mark, should I open a separate issue for that?

BR, Julian