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IANA Charset MIB

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RFC 3808                    IANA Charset MIB                   June 2004


1.  Introduction

   This IANA Charset MIB [CHARMIB] module defines the single textual
   convention 'IANACharset'.  Once adopted, all future versions of the
   IANA Charset MIB [CHARMIB] may be machine-generated whenever the IANA
   Charset Registry [CHARSET] is updated by IANA staff according to the
   procedures defined in [RFC 2978], using the utility [CHARGEN]
   described in section 3 of this document or any other machine-
   generation method.

   It is strongly recommended that future updates to the IANA Charset
   MIB [CHARMIB] be machine-generated (rather than hand-edited) to avoid
   asynchrony between the IANA Charset Registry [CHARSET] and the IANA
   Charset MIB [CHARMIB].

   Note:  Questions and comments on this IANA Charset MIB [CHARMIB]
   should be sent to the editor () and IANA
   () with a copy to the IETF Charsets mailing list (ietf-
   ).

1.1.  Conformance Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119
   [RFC 2119].

1.2.  Charset Terminology

   The following terms are used in this specification, exactly as
   defined in section 1 'Definitions and Notation' of the IANA Charset
   Registration Procedures [RFC 2978]:  "character", "charset", "coded
   character set (CCS)", and "character encoding scheme (CES)".

2.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework

   For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current
   Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
   RFC 3410 [RFC 3410].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB.  MIB objects are generally
   accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
   Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the
   Structure of Management Information (SMI).  This memo specifies a MIB
   module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58,
   RFC 2578 [RFC 2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC 2579], and STD 58, RFC 2580
   [RFC 2580].



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