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simple text messages using text/plain (the default value for "Content-Type: ") text plus attachments ( multipart/mixed with a text/plain part and other non-text parts). A MIME message including an attached file generally indicates the file's original name with the "Content-Disposition" header, so that the type of file is indicated both by the ...
HTTP. HTTP header fields are a list of strings sent and received by both the client program and server on every HTTP request and response. These headers are usually invisible to the end-user and are only processed or logged by the server and client applications. They define how information sent/received through the connection are encoded (as in ...
In information and communications technology, a media type, [1] [2] content type [2] [3] or MIME type [1] [4] [5] is a two-part identifier for file formats and format contents. Their purpose is comparable to filename extensions and uniform type identifiers, in that they identify the intended data format. They are mainly used by technologies ...
HTTP ( Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. [ 1] HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, where hypertext documents include hyperlinks to other resources that the user can easily access, for ...
In the context of an HTTP transaction, basic access authentication is a method for an HTTP user agent (e.g. a web browser) to provide a user name and password when making a request. In basic HTTP authentication, a request contains a header field in the form of Authorization: Basic <credentials>, where <credentials> is the Base64 encoding of ID ...
The shapefile format is a geospatial vector data format for geographic information system (GIS) software. It is developed and regulated by Esri as a mostly open specification for data interoperability among Esri and other GIS software products. [ 1] The shapefile format can spatially describe vector features: points, lines, and polygons ...
Request for Comments. A Request for Comments ( RFC) is a publication in a series from the principal technical development and standards-setting bodies for the Internet, most prominently the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). [1] [2] An RFC is authored by individuals or groups of engineers and computer scientists in the form of a memorandum ...
There are two general ways to specify which character encoding is used in the document. First, the web server can include the character encoding or " charset " in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Content-Type header, which would typically look like this: [ 1] Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8. This method gives the HTTP server a ...