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RFC 2388: Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 7578.

Current version: RFC 7578 — Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data

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This specification defines an Internet Media Type, multipart/form-data, which can be used by a wide variety of applications and transported by a wide variety of protocols as a way of returning a set of values as the result of a user filling out a form. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC2388
Published
August 1998
Authors
L. Masinter
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
9
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 7578

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