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RFC 2557: MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML)

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This document a) defines the use of a MIME multipart/related structure to aggregate a text/html root resource and the subsidiary resources it references, and b) specifies a MIME content-header (Content-Location) that allow URIs in a multipart/related text/html root body part to reference subsidiary resources in other body parts of the same multipart/related structure. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC2557
Published
March 1999
Authors
J. Palme; A. Hopmann; N. Shelness
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
28
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RFC 2110

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