PWG Mail Archive: For Internet Printing Protocol: A new MIME proposal for ASCII

For Internet Printing Protocol: A new MIME proposal for ASCII

Tom Hastings (hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 22:53:57 PST

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>To: strasen@cp10.es.xerox.com
>Cc: xerox-ldpa@cp10.es.xerox.com
>Subject: Re: Alternative Languages and Encoding for LDPA
>From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
>Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:49:47 PST
>
>Apropos the discussion of 'ascii' encoding of attributes & values:
>================================================================
> A Revised Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories.
>
> Title : MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Words: Character Sets,
> Language, and Continuations
> Author(s) : N. Freed, K. Moore
> Filename : draft-freed-pvcsc-01.txt
> Pages : 10
> Date : 11/04/1996
>
>This memo defines extensions to the RFC MIME-IMB media type
>and RFC 1806 disposition parameter value mechanisms to
>provide (1) a means to specify parameter values in character sets
>other than US-ASCII, (2) to specify the language to be used should
>the value be displayed, and (3) a continuation mechanism for long
>parameter values to avoid problems with header line wrapping.

>
>This memo also defines an extension to the encoded words defined in RFC
>MIME-HEADERS to allow the specification of the language to be used for
>display as well as the character set.
>
>Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
>"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
>type "cd internet-drafts" and then
> "get draft-freed-pvcsc-01.txt".
>A URL for the Internet-Draft is:
>ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-freed-pvcsc-01.txt
>
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>
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>
>Internet-Drafts are also available by mail.
>
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>
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> feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE"
> command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or
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