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RFC 5987
Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters,August 2010
- File formats:
- Status:
- HISTORIC (changed from PROPOSED STANDARD)
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 8187
- Author:
- J. Reschke
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5987
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Abstract
By default, message header field parameters in Hypertext TransferProtocol (HTTP) messages cannot carry characters outside the ISO-8859-1 character set. RFC 2231 defines an encoding mechanism for usein Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) headers. Thisdocument specifies an encoding suitable for use in HTTP header fieldsthat is compatible with a profile of the encoding defined in RFC2231. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.