MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML Documents (mhtml)
Charter
Current status: active working group
Chair(s):
Einar Stefferud <stef@nma.com>
Applications Area Director(s):
Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
Harald Alvestrand <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>
Area Advisor
Harald Alvestrand <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>
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Description of Working Group:
World Wide Web documents are written using Hyper Text Markup Language
(HTML). HTML is notable in that it contains "embedded content"; that
is, HTML documents often contain pointers to other objects (images,
external references) which are presented to the recipient. Currently,
Web documents are transported almost exclusively via the interactive
HTTP protocol. The MHTML working group will develop specifications to
permit the transport of Web documents via Internet mail. Tasks include
specification of MIME encapsulation of Web documents (the HTML document
and the set of documents to which it refers) required for Internet mail
as well as specification of any HTML formatting conversions that are
needed to accomplish the transport of documents in such a
"disconnected" environment. The working group will also produce an
informational discussion about Web page formatting choices that affect
their efficient use through disconnected channels.The working group
intends to develop these standards in a way that maintains
interoperability between separate HTTP-based systems and Internet mail
systems, as well as being suitable for combined mail/HTTP browser
systems.
It is beyond the scope of this working group to come up with standards
for document formats other than Web documents. However, standards
produced by the working group may be designed in such a way to allow
other such formats to use similar strategies.
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet-Drafts.
More Information
Jacob Palme's IETF home page contains more information and references
on the MHTML IETF working group.