Internet Message Extensions (822ext) ------------------------------------ Charter Last Modified: 06-Oct-93 Current Status: Concluded Working Group Chair(s): G. Vaudreuil Applications Area Director(s): Keith Moore Harald Alvestrand Applications Area Advisor: Keith Moore Mailing Lists: General Discussion:ietf-822@dimacs.rutgers.edu To Subscribe: ietf-822-request@dimacs.rutgers.edu Archive: ietf.cnri.reston.va.us:~/ietf-mail-archive/822ext/* 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 Japanese Character set specification as an Informational document. Done Submit the revised MIME document to the IESG for consideration as a Draft Standard. Internet-Drafts: No Current Internet-Drafts. Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ---------- ----------------------------------------- RFC1437 Apr 93 The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium RFC1468 Jun 93 Japanese Character Encoding for Internet Messages 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 RFC2048 Jan 97 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures