rfc-2048

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures

N. Freed, J. Klensin, J. Postel

date1996-11 streamIETF areaapp wg822ext statusBEST CURRENT PRACTICE pages21 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2048 doi10.17487/RFC2048

This set of documents, collectively called the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, or MIME, redefines the format of messages. This fourth document, RFC 2048, specifies various IANA registration procedures for some MIME facilities. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

obsoleted by

rfc-4288 — Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures
rfc-4289 — Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures

obsoletes

rfc-1521 — MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies
rfc-1522 — MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Two: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
rfc-1590 — Media Type Registration Procedure

updated by

rfc-3023 — XML Media Types