Internet Message Extensions (822ext)
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Charter
Last Modified: 2000-06-05
Current Status: Concluded Working Group
Chair(s):
G Vaudreuil <gregv@bruce.nsd.octel.com>
Applications Area Director(s):
Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
Patrik Faltstrom <paf@cisco.com>
Applications Area Advisor:
Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
Mailing Lists:
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Description of Working Group:
This working group was chartered to extend the RFC 822 message format to
facilitate multi-media mail and alternate character sets. RFCs 1341
and RFC 1342 document the Multi-Media Extensions for Internet Mail.
The working group will work to progress MIME to Draft Standard status
and provide a forum for the review of standards track content-type
specifications and the review of character set extensions to MIME.
Goals and Milestones:
Done Discuss, debate, and choose a framework for the solution.
Assign writing assignments, and identify issues to be
resolved.
Done Review the Charter, and refine the Group's focus. Decide
whether this is a worthwhile effort.
Done Review exiting writing, resolve outstanding issues,
identify new work, and work toward a complete document.
Done Post a first Internet-Draft.
Done Review and finalize the draft document.
Done Submit the document as a Proposed Standard.
Done Post an Internet-Draft for the use of Japanese Characters
for Internet Mail.
Done Post a revised version of the MIME document as an
Internet-Draft.
Done Submit the revised MIME document to the IESG for
consideration as a Draft Standard.
Done Submit the Japanese Character set specification as an
Informational document.
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet-Drafts.
Request For Comments:
RFC Stat Published Title
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RFC1342 PS JUN 92 Representation of Non-ASCII Text in Internet Message
Headers
RFC1341 PS JUN 92 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions):
Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format
of Internet Message Bodies
RFC1437 I APR 93 The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium
RFC1468 I JUN 93 Japanese Character Encoding for Internet Messages
RFC1521 DS SEP 93 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part
One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the
Format of Internet Message Bodies
RFC1522 DS SEP 93 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part
Two: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
RFC1523 I SEP 93 The text/enriched MIME Content-type
RFC1544 PS NOV 93 The Content-MD5 Header Field
RFC1563 I JAN 94 The text/enriched MIME Content-type
RFC1864 DS OCT 95 The Content-MD5 Header Field
RFC2045 DS DEC 96 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part
One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
RFC2046 DS DEC 96 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part
Two: Media Types
RFC2049 DS DEC 96 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part
Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples
RFC2047 DS DEC 96 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part
Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
RFC2048BCP JAN 97 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part
Four: Registration Procedures