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IANA Charset Registration Procedures

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Network Working Group                                           N. Freed
Request for Comments: 2278                                      Innosoft
BCP: 19                                                        J. Postel
Category: Best Current Practice                                      ISI
                                                            January 1998

                              IANA Charset
                        Registration Procedures

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
   Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

1.  Abstract

   MIME [RFC-2045, RFC-2046, RFC-2047, RFC-2184] and various other
   modern Internet protocols are capable of using many different
   charsets. This in turn means that the ability to label different
   charsets is essential. This registration procedure exists solely to
   associate a specific name or names with a given charset and to give
   an indication of whether or not a given charset can be used in MIME
   text objects. In particular, the general applicability and
   appropriateness of a given registered charset is a protocol issue,
   not a registration issue, and is not dealt with by this registration
   procedure.

2.  Definitions and Notation

   The following sections define various terms used in this document.

2.1.  Requirements Notation

   This document occasionally uses terms that appear in capital letters.
   When the terms "MUST", "SHOULD", "MUST NOT", "SHOULD NOT", and "MAY"
   appear capitalized, they are being used to indicate particular
   requirements of this specification. A discussion of the meanings of
   these terms appears in [RFC-2119].








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