RFC 5987: Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters

By default, message header field parameters in Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) messages cannot carry characters outside the ISO- 8859-1 character set. RFC…

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Outgoing relationships (12 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Normative reference — RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages
Normative reference — RFC 2978: IANA Charset Registration Procedures
Informative reference — RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
Informative reference — RFC 2047: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
Informative reference — RFC 2277: IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages
Informative reference — RFC 2231: MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations
Informative reference — RFC 2388: Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data

Incoming relationships (10 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 8187: Indicating Character Encoding and Language for HTTP Header Field Parameters
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5988: Web Linking
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6690: Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link Format
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7616: HTTP Digest Access Authentication
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6266: Use of the Content-Disposition Header Field in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8053: HTTP Authentication Extensions for Interactive Clients
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8120: Mutual Authentication Protocol for HTTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6838: Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7231: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7578: Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data