Protocol Action: MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations to Proposed Standard

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Thu, 17 July 1997 13:59 UTC

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Subject: Protocol Action: MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations to Proposed Standard
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:34:52 -0400
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  The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "MIME Parameter Value and
  Encoded Word Extensions:  Character Sets, Languages, and
  Continuations" <draft-freed-pvcsc-03.txt> as a Proposed Standard. The
  IESG contact persons are Harald Alvestrand and Keith Moore.

Technical Summary

 This protocol extends the functionality of MIME encoded words
 (RFC 2047) to allow senders to clearly state what language an
 encoded word is in. This is often nice to have, and sometimes
 (as in text-to-speech interfaces) essential.

 It also allows language and charset to be specified on MIME
 parameters and content-disposition parameters, and allows these
 to be longer than what is reasonable to have on a single line.

 This functionality was needed, among other things, for internationalized
 filenames.

Working Group Summary

 This has not been reviewed by an active IETF working group.
 There was no objection or discussion during the extended Last Call period.

Protocol Quality

 The specification was reviewed for the IESG by Harald Alvestrand

Protocol Action: MIME Parameter Value and Encoded… The IESG