MIME
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HISTORICAL NOTE: The term "character set" was originally used in MIME
to describe such straightforward schemes as US-ASCII and ISO ...
... charset"
given above. In addition, charsets intended for use in MIME content
types under the "text" top-level type MUST conform to the
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... 2045draft. All registered
charsets MUST note whether or not they are suitable for use in MIME
text.
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... charset. All
charset names MUST be suitable for use as the value of a MIME content
type charset parameter and hence MUST conform to MIME parameter ...
... MIME content
type charset parameter and hence MUST conform to MIME parameter value
syntax. This applies even if the specific charset being registered
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... MUST have a primary name that conforms to the more restrictive syntax
of the charset field in MIME encoded-words [RFC-2047, RFC-2184] and
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(All names must be suitable for use as the value of a
MIME content-type parameter.)
Charset ...
... (All aliases must also be suitable for use as the value of
a MIME content-type parameter.)
Suitability for use in MIME ...
... MIME content-type parameter.)
Suitability for use in MIME text:
Published specification(s):
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... include this as well as a place to indicate whether or not the
charset is suitable for use in MIME text.
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... Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC 2045draft, November 1996. ...
... Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types", RFC 2046draft, November 1996. ...
... Moore, K., "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Three: Representation of Non-Ascii Text in Internet Message Headers ...
... Freed, N. and K. Moore, "MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations", RFC 2184(-> 2231prop) ...