RFC 2557 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1999

MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML

Overview

RFC 2557, “MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 1999 by J. Palme, A. Hopmann, N. Shelness. It obsoletes RFC 2110. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document a) defines the use of a MIME multipart/related structure to aggregate a text/html root resource and the subsidiary resources it references, and b) specifies a MIME content-header (Content-Location) that allow URIs in a multipart/related text/html root body part to reference subsidiary resources in other body parts of the same multipart/related structure. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2110
Other RFCs from 1999

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