RFC 8187: Indicating Character Encoding and Language for HTTP Header Field Parameters

By default, header field values in Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) messages cannot easily carry characters outside the US-ASCII coded character set. RFC…

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Outgoing relationships (21 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 5987: Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters
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 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
Normative reference — RFC 20: ASCII format for network interchange
Normative reference — RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages
Normative reference — RFC 7231: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content
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 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
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 5988: Web Linking
Informative reference — RFC 6365: Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF
Informative reference — RFC 7616: HTTP Digest Access Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 6266: Use of the Content-Disposition Header Field in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Informative reference — RFC 8053: HTTP Authentication Extensions for Interactive Clients
Informative reference — RFC 7578: Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9264: Linkset: Media Types and a Link Relation Type for Link Sets