Protocol Action: IANA Charset Registration Procedures to BCP
The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Tue, 29 August 2000 13:48 UTC
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Subject: Protocol Action: IANA Charset Registration Procedures to BCP
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'IANA Charset Registration Procedures' <draft-freed-charset-regist-03.txt> as a BCP. This document replaces RFC2278 (BCP 19). This has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Patrik Faltstrom. Technical Summary MIME (RFC-2045, RFC-2046, RFC-2047, RFC-2184) and various other Internet protocols are capable of using many different charsets. This memo specifies the procedure on how to associate a specific name or names with a given charset and to give an indication of whether or not a given charset can be used in MIME text objects. Changes since RFC 2278 is inclusion of a mapping to ISO 10646 which is now recommended for all registered charsets. Additionaly the registration template has been updated to include this as well as a place to indicate whether or not the charset is suitable for use in MIME text. Working Group Summary Discussions about this memo has occurred on a number of mailing lists, including ietf-charsets@iana.org which is where charset issues are discussed (as specified in this memo). There have been consensus for this update of RFC 2278. Changes between version 01 (which was last-called) and 03 are minor and reflect comments during last call. Protocol Quality This memo is reviewed by Patrik Faltstrom