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       Title     : A MIME Content-Type for Directory Information           
       Author(s) : T. Howes, M. Smith
       Filename  : draft-ietf-asid-mime-direct-04.txt
       Pages     : 27
       Date      : 07/24/1997

This document defines a MIME Content-Type for holding directory 
information.  The definition is independent of any particular directory 
service or protocol.  The text/directory Content-Type is defined for 
holding a variety of directory information, for example, name, or email 
address, or logo. The text/directory Content-Type can also be used as the 
root body part in a multipart/related Content-Type for handling more 
complicated situations, especially those in which non-textual information 
that already has a natural MIME representation, for example, a photograph 
or sound, must be represented.  

The text/directory Content-Type defines a general framework and format 
for holding directory information in a simple "type: value" form.  
Mechanisms are defined to specify alternate character sets, 
languages, encodings and other meta-information.  This document also 
defines the procedure by which particular formats,  called profiles, for 
carrying application-specific information within a text/directory 
Content-Type may be defined and registered, and the conventions such 
formats must follow. It is expected that other documents will be produced 
that define such formats for various applications (e.g., white pages).     

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