RFC 2854: The 'text/html' Media Type
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document summarizes the history of HTML development, and defines the "text/html" MIME type by pointing to the relevant W3C recommendations. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC2854
- Published
- June 2000
- Authors
- D. Connolly; L. Masinter
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 8
- Also known as
- —
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 6 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
Related documents
Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.
- RFC 2084Considerations for Web Transaction SecurityCurrent
January 1997
- RFC 2068Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1Obsoleted
January 1997
- RFC 2517Building Directories from DNS: Experiences from WWWSeekerCurrent
February 1999
- RFC 3040Internet Web Replication and Caching TaxonomyCurrent
January 2001
- RFC 2187Application of Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2Current
September 1997
- RFC 2186Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2Current
September 1997
- RFC 2838Uniform Resource Identifiers for Television BroadcastsCurrent
May 2000
- RFC 3023XML Media TypesObsoleted
January 2001
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