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        RFC 2425:

        Title:	    A MIME Content-Type for Directory Information
	Author(s):  T. Howes, M. Smith, F. Dawson
	Status:     Proposed Standard
	Date:       September 1998
        Mailbox:    howes@netscape.com, mcs@netscape.com,
		    frank_dawson@lotus.com
	Pages:      33
        Characters: 64478
        Updates/Obsoletes/See Also: None


        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2425.txt


This document defines a MIME Content-Type for holding directory
information.  The definition is independent of any particular
directory service or protocol.  The text/directory Content-Type is
defined for holding a variety of directory information, for example,
name, or email address, or logo. The text/directory Content-Type can
also be used as the root body part in a multipart/related Content-Type
for handling more complicated situations, especially those in which
non-textual information that already has a natural MIME
representation, for example, a photograph or sound, is to be
represented.

This document is a product of the Access, Searching and Indexing of
Directories Working Group of the IETF.

This document is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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Joyce K. Reynolds and Alegre Ramos
USC/Information Sciences Institute