2854: The 'text/html' Media Type.

HTML TXT PS PDF

This document summarizes the history of HTML development, and defines the "text/html" MIME type by pointing to the relevant W3C recommendations; it is intended to obsolete the previous IETF documents defining HTML, including RFC 1866, RFC 1867, RFC 1980, RFC 1942 and RFC 2070, and to remove HTML from IETF Standards Track.

Status INFORMATIONAL
Format TXT=16135 bytes
Authors L. Masinter
Date June 2000
Keyphrases Connolly HTML RFC text html

Obsoletes

RFC1866: Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0.
RFC1867: Form-based File Upload in
RFC1942: HTML Tables.
RFC1980: A Proposed Extension to HTML : Client-Side Image Maps.
RFC2070: Internationalization of the Hypertext Markup Language.

References

RFC1866: Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0.
RFC1867: Form-based File Upload in
RFC1942: HTML Tables.
RFC1980: A Proposed Extension to HTML : Client-Side Image Maps.
RFC2046: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types.
RFC2070: Internationalization of the Hypertext Markup Language.
RFC2388: Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data.
RFC2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax.
RFC2557: MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML).
RFC2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.

Referenced by

RFC3236: The 'application/xhtml+xml' Media Type.
RFC3299: Request for Comments Summary RFC Numbers 3200-3299.
RFC3675: .sex Considered Dangerous.
RFC3981: IRIS: The Internet Registry Information Service (IRIS) Core Protocol.
RFC4287: The Atom Syndication Format.
RFC4387: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols: Certificate Store Access via
RFC4501: Domain Name System Uniform Resource Identifiers.