Re: RFC 5987 on Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters

Thanks for doing this work, Julian.


On 14/08/2010, at 3:25 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:

> FYI (and thanks to everybody who provided feedback):
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RFC 5987 on Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters
> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:48:21 -0700 (PDT)
> From: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org
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> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
> 
> 
>        RFC 5987
> 
>        Title:      Character Set and Language Encoding
>                    for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header
>                    Field Parameters
>        Author:     J. Reschke
>        Status:     Standards Track
>        Stream:     IETF
>        Date:       August 2010
>        Mailbox:    julian.reschke@greenbytes.de
>        Pages:      10
>        Characters: 20108
>        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None
> 
>        I-D Tag:    draft-reschke-rfc2231-in-http-12.txt
> 
>        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5987.txt
> 
> By default, message header field parameters in Hypertext Transfer
> Protocol (HTTP) messages cannot carry characters outside the ISO-
> 8859-1 character set.  RFC 2231 defines an encoding mechanism for use
> in Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) headers.  This
> document specifies an encoding suitable for use in HTTP header fields
> that is compatible with a profile of the encoding defined in RFC
> 2231.  [STANDARDS TRACK]
> 
> This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.
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