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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.
STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet
Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and
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