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rephrase some conformance requirements, add new section about conformance in general

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    367        content: "Expires August 8, 2011";
     367       content: "Expires August 14, 2011";
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    389389      <link rel="Chapter" title="1 Introduction" href="#rfc.section.1">
    390390      <link rel="Chapter" title="2 Notational Conventions" href="#rfc.section.2">
    391       <link rel="Chapter" title="3 Header Field Definition" href="#rfc.section.3">
    392       <link rel="Chapter" title="4 Examples" href="#rfc.section.4">
    393       <link rel="Chapter" title="5 Internationalization Considerations" href="#rfc.section.5">
    394       <link rel="Chapter" title="6 Security Considerations" href="#rfc.section.6">
    395       <link rel="Chapter" title="7 IANA Considerations" href="#rfc.section.7">
    396       <link rel="Chapter" title="8 Acknowledgements" href="#rfc.section.8">
    397       <link rel="Chapter" href="#rfc.section.9" title="9 References">
     391      <link rel="Chapter" title="3 Conformance and Error Handling" href="#rfc.section.3">
     392      <link rel="Chapter" title="4 Header Field Definition" href="#rfc.section.4">
     393      <link rel="Chapter" title="5 Examples" href="#rfc.section.5">
     394      <link rel="Chapter" title="6 Internationalization Considerations" href="#rfc.section.6">
     395      <link rel="Chapter" title="7 Security Considerations" href="#rfc.section.7">
     396      <link rel="Chapter" title="8 IANA Considerations" href="#rfc.section.8">
     397      <link rel="Chapter" title="9 Acknowledgements" href="#rfc.section.9">
     398      <link rel="Chapter" href="#rfc.section.10" title="10 References">
    398399      <link rel="Appendix" title="A Changes from the RFC 2616 Definition" href="#rfc.section.A">
    399400      <link rel="Appendix" title="B Differences compared to RFC 2183" href="#rfc.section.B">
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    404405      <meta name="dct.creator" content="Reschke, J. F.">
    405406      <meta name="dct.identifier" content="urn:ietf:id:draft-ietf-httpbis-content-disp-latest">
    406       <meta name="dct.issued" scheme="ISO8601" content="2011-02-04">
     407      <meta name="dct.issued" scheme="ISO8601" content="2011-02-10">
    407408      <meta name="dct.abstract" content="HTTP/1.1 defines the Content-Disposition response header field, but points out that it is not part of the HTTP/1.1 Standard. This specification takes over the definition and registration of Content-Disposition, as used in HTTP, and clarifies internationalization aspects.">
    408409      <meta name="description" content="HTTP/1.1 defines the Content-Disposition response header field, but points out that it is not part of the HTTP/1.1 Standard. This specification takes over the definition and registration of Content-Disposition, as used in HTTP, and clarifies internationalization aspects.">
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    422423               <td class="left">Updates: <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616">2616</a> (if approved)
    423424               </td>
    424                <td class="right">February 4, 2011</td>
     425               <td class="right">February 10, 2011</td>
    425426            </tr>
    426427            <tr>
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    429430            </tr>
    430431            <tr>
    431                <td class="left">Expires: August 8, 2011</td>
     432               <td class="left">Expires: August 14, 2011</td>
    432433               <td class="right"></td>
    433434            </tr>
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    458459         in progress”.
    459460      </p>
    460       <p>This Internet-Draft will expire on August 8, 2011.</p>
     461      <p>This Internet-Draft will expire on August 14, 2011.</p>
    461462      <h1><a id="rfc.copyrightnotice" href="#rfc.copyrightnotice">Copyright Notice</a></h1>
    462463      <p>Copyright © 2011 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved.</p>
    … …  
    470471      <ul class="toc">
    471472         <li>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
    472          <li>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.2">Notational Conventions</a></li>
    473          <li>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.field.definition">Header Field Definition</a><ul>
    474                <li>3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.3.1">Grammar</a></li>
    475                <li>3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#disposition.type">Disposition Type</a></li>
    476                <li>3.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#disposition.parameter.filename">Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'</a></li>
    477                <li>3.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#disposition.parameter.extensions">Disposition Parameter: Extensions</a></li>
    478                <li>3.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#extensibility">Extensibility</a></li>
     473         <li>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#notational.conventions">Notational Conventions</a></li>
     474         <li>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#conformance.and.error.handling">Conformance and Error Handling</a></li>
     475         <li>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.field.definition">Header Field Definition</a><ul>
     476               <li>4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.4.1">Grammar</a></li>
     477               <li>4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#disposition.type">Disposition Type</a></li>
     478               <li>4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#disposition.parameter.filename">Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'</a></li>
     479               <li>4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#disposition.parameter.extensions">Disposition Parameter: Extensions</a></li>
     480               <li>4.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#extensibility">Extensibility</a></li>
    479481            </ul>
    480482         </li>
    481          <li>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#examples">Examples</a></li>
    482          <li>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#i18n">Internationalization Considerations</a></li>
    483          <li>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a></li>
    484          <li>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#iana.considerations">IANA Considerations</a><ul>
    485                <li>7.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#registry">Registry for Disposition Values and Parameter</a></li>
    486                <li>7.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.field.registration">Header Field Registration</a></li>
     483         <li>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#examples">Examples</a></li>
     484         <li>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#i18n">Internationalization Considerations</a></li>
     485         <li>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a></li>
     486         <li>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#iana.considerations">IANA Considerations</a><ul>
     487               <li>8.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#registry">Registry for Disposition Values and Parameter</a></li>
     488               <li>8.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.field.registration">Header Field Registration</a></li>
    487489            </ul>
    488490         </li>
    489          <li>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.8">Acknowledgements</a></li>
    490          <li>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references">References</a><ul>
    491                <li>9.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.1">Normative References</a></li>
    492                <li>9.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.2">Informative References</a></li>
     491         <li>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.9">Acknowledgements</a></li>
     492         <li>10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references">References</a><ul>
     493               <li>10.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.1">Normative References</a></li>
     494               <li>10.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.2">Informative References</a></li>
    493495            </ul>
    494496         </li>
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    534536         </p>
    535537      </div>
    536       <h1 id="rfc.section.2"><a href="#rfc.section.2">2.</a>&nbsp;Notational Conventions
    537       </h1>
     538      <h1 id="rfc.section.2"><a href="#rfc.section.2">2.</a>&nbsp;<a id="notational.conventions" href="#notational.conventions">Notational Conventions</a></h1>
    538539      <p id="rfc.section.2.p.1">The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
    539540         in this document are to be interpreted as described in <a href="#RFC2119" id="rfc.xref.RFC2119.1"><cite title="Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels">[RFC2119]</cite></a>.
    … …  
    541542      <p id="rfc.section.2.p.2">This specification uses the augmented BNF notation defined in <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-2.1">Section 2.1</a> of <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.3"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>, including its rules for implied linear whitespace (LWS).
    542543      </p>
     544      <h1 id="rfc.section.3"><a href="#rfc.section.3">3.</a>&nbsp;<a id="conformance.and.error.handling" href="#conformance.and.error.handling">Conformance and Error Handling</a></h1>
     545      <p id="rfc.section.3.p.1">This specification defines conformance criteria for both senders (usually, HTTP origin servers) and recipients (usually, HTTP
     546         user agents) of the Content-Location header field. An implementation is considered conformant if it complies with all of the
     547         requirements associated with its role.
     548      </p>
     549      <p id="rfc.section.3.p.2">This specification also defines certain forms of the header field-value to be invalid, using both ABNF and prose requirements,
     550         but it does not define special handling these invalid field-values.
     551      </p>
     552      <p id="rfc.section.3.p.3">Sending implementations <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> generate Content-Location header fields that are invalid.
     553      </p>
     554      <p id="rfc.section.3.p.4">Consuming implementations <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> take steps to recover a usable field-value from an invalid header field, but <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> reject the message outright, unless this is explicitly desirable behaviour (e.g., the implementation is a validator). As such,
     555         the default handling of invalid fields is to ignore them.
     556      </p>
    543557      <div id="rfc.iref.h.1"></div>
    544558      <div id="rfc.iref.c.1"></div>
    545       <h1 id="rfc.section.3"><a href="#rfc.section.3">3.</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.field.definition" href="#header.field.definition">Header Field Definition</a></h1>
    546       <p id="rfc.section.3.p.1">The Content-Disposition response header field is used to convey additional information about how to process the response payload,
     559      <h1 id="rfc.section.4"><a href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.field.definition" href="#header.field.definition">Header Field Definition</a></h1>
     560      <p id="rfc.section.4.p.1">The Content-Disposition response header field is used to convey additional information about how to process the response payload,
    547561         and also can be used to attach additional metadata, such as the filename to use when saving the response payload locally.
    548562      </p>
    549       <h2 id="rfc.section.3.1"><a href="#rfc.section.3.1">3.1</a>&nbsp;Grammar
     563      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.1"><a href="#rfc.section.4.1">4.1</a>&nbsp;Grammar
    550564      </h2>
    551565      <div id="rfc.figure.u.1"></div><pre class="inline">  content-disposition = "Content-Disposition" ":"
    … …  
    574588      <p>Defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.1"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a>:
    575589      </p>  <pre class="inline">  ext-value   = &lt;ext-value, defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.2"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a>, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5987#section-3.2">Section 3.2</a>&gt;
    576 </pre><p id="rfc.section.3.1.p.4">Senders <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> generate header field values with multiple instances of the same parameter name. Recipients <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> treat these values as invalid.
    577       </p>
    578       <p id="rfc.section.3.1.p.5">Note that due to the rules for implied linear whitespace (<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-2.1">Section 2.1</a> of <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.8"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>), OPTIONAL whitespace can appear between words (token or quoted-string) and separator characters.
    579       </p>
    580       <p id="rfc.section.3.1.p.6">Furthermore note that the format used for ext-value allows specifying a natural language; this is of limited use for filenames
     590</pre><p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.4">Header field values with multiple instances of the same parameter name are invalid.</p>
     591      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.5">Note that due to the rules for implied linear whitespace (<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-2.1">Section 2.1</a> of <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.8"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>), OPTIONAL whitespace can appear between words (token or quoted-string) and separator characters.
     592      </p>
     593      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.6">Furthermore note that the format used for ext-value allows specifying a natural language; this is of limited use for filenames
    581594         and is likely to be ignored by recipients.
    582595      </p>
    583       <h2 id="rfc.section.3.2"><a href="#rfc.section.3.2">3.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="disposition.type" href="#disposition.type">Disposition Type</a></h2>
    584       <p id="rfc.section.3.2.p.1">If the disposition type matches "attachment" (case-insensitively), this indicates that the user agent should prompt the user
     596      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.2"><a href="#rfc.section.4.2">4.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="disposition.type" href="#disposition.type">Disposition Type</a></h2>
     597      <p id="rfc.section.4.2.p.1">If the disposition type matches "attachment" (case-insensitively), this indicates that the user agent should prompt the user
    585598         to save the response locally, rather than process it normally (as per its media type).
    586599      </p>
    587       <p id="rfc.section.3.2.p.2">On the other hand, if it matches "inline" (case-insensitively), this implies default processing.</p>
    588       <p id="rfc.section.3.2.p.3">Unknown or unhandled disposition types <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be handled the same way as "attachment" (see also <a href="#RFC2183" id="rfc.xref.RFC2183.2"><cite title="Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field">[RFC2183]</cite></a>, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183#section-2.8">Section 2.8</a>).
    589       </p>
    590       <h2 id="rfc.section.3.3"><a href="#rfc.section.3.3">3.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="disposition.parameter.filename" href="#disposition.parameter.filename">Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'</a></h2>
    591       <p id="rfc.section.3.3.p.1">The parameters "filename" and "filename*", to be matched case-insensitively, provide information on how to construct a filename
     600      <p id="rfc.section.4.2.p.2">On the other hand, if it matches "inline" (case-insensitively), this implies default processing.</p>
     601      <p id="rfc.section.4.2.p.3">Unknown or unhandled disposition types <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be handled by recipients the same way as "attachment" (see also <a href="#RFC2183" id="rfc.xref.RFC2183.2"><cite title="Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field">[RFC2183]</cite></a>, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183#section-2.8">Section 2.8</a>).
     602      </p>
     603      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.3"><a href="#rfc.section.4.3">4.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="disposition.parameter.filename" href="#disposition.parameter.filename">Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'</a></h2>
     604      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.1">The parameters "filename" and "filename*", to be matched case-insensitively, provide information on how to construct a filename
    592605         for storing the message payload.
    593606      </p>
    594       <p id="rfc.section.3.3.p.2">Depending on the disposition type, this information might be used right away (in the "save as..." interaction caused for the
     607      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.2">Depending on the disposition type, this information might be used right away (in the "save as..." interaction caused for the
    595608         "attachment" disposition type), or later on (for instance, when the user decides to save the contents of the current page
    596609         being displayed).
    597610      </p>
    598       <p id="rfc.section.3.3.p.3">The parameters "filename" and "filename*" differ only in that "filename*" uses the encoding defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.3"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a>, allowing the use of characters not present in the ISO-8859-1 character set (<a href="#ISO-8859-1" id="rfc.xref.ISO-8859-1.1"><cite title="Information technology -- 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1">[ISO-8859-1]</cite></a>).
    599       </p>
    600       <p id="rfc.section.3.3.p.4">Many user agent implementations predating this specification do not understand the "filename*" parameter. Therefore, when
     611      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.3">The parameters "filename" and "filename*" differ only in that "filename*" uses the encoding defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.3"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a>, allowing the use of characters not present in the ISO-8859-1 character set (<a href="#ISO-8859-1" id="rfc.xref.ISO-8859-1.1"><cite title="Information technology -- 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1">[ISO-8859-1]</cite></a>).
     612      </p>
     613      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.4">Many user agent implementations predating this specification do not understand the "filename*" parameter. Therefore, when
    601614         both "filename" and "filename*" are present in a single header field value, recipients <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> pick "filename*" and ignore "filename". This way, senders can avoid special-casing specific user agents by sending both the
    602          more expressive "filename*" parameter, and the "filename" parameter as fallback for legacy recipients (see <a href="#examples" title="Examples">Section&nbsp;4</a> for an example).
    603       </p>
    604       <p id="rfc.section.3.3.p.5">It is essential that user agents treat the specified filename as advisory only, thus be very careful in extracting the desired
     615         more expressive "filename*" parameter, and the "filename" parameter as fallback for legacy recipients (see <a href="#examples" title="Examples">Section&nbsp;5</a> for an example).
     616      </p>
     617      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.5">It is essential that user agents treat the specified filename as advisory only, thus be very careful in extracting the desired
    605618         information. In particular:
    606619      </p>
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    628641         </li>
    629642      </ul>
    630       <div class="note" id="rfc.section.3.3.p.6">
     643      <div class="note" id="rfc.section.4.3.p.6">
    631644         <p> <b>Note:</b> Many user agents do not properly handle escape characters when using the quoted-string form. Furthermore, some user agents
    632645            erroneously try to perform unescaping of "percent" escapes (see <a href="#alternatives.percent" title="Percent Encoding">Appendix&nbsp;C.2</a>), and thus might misinterpret filenames containing the percent character followed by two hex digits.
    633646         </p>
    634647      </div>
    635       <h2 id="rfc.section.3.4"><a href="#rfc.section.3.4">3.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="disposition.parameter.extensions" href="#disposition.parameter.extensions">Disposition Parameter: Extensions</a></h2>
    636       <p id="rfc.section.3.4.p.1">To enable future extensions, recipients <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> ignore unrecognized parameters (see also <a href="#RFC2183" id="rfc.xref.RFC2183.3"><cite title="Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field">[RFC2183]</cite></a>, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183#section-2.8">Section 2.8</a>).
    637       </p>
    638       <h2 id="rfc.section.3.5"><a href="#rfc.section.3.5">3.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="extensibility" href="#extensibility">Extensibility</a></h2>
    639       <p id="rfc.section.3.5.p.1">Note that <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183#section-9">Section 9</a> of <a href="#RFC2183" id="rfc.xref.RFC2183.4"><cite title="Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field">[RFC2183]</cite></a> defines IANA registries both for disposition types and disposition parameters. This registry is shared by different protocols
     648      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.4"><a href="#rfc.section.4.4">4.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="disposition.parameter.extensions" href="#disposition.parameter.extensions">Disposition Parameter: Extensions</a></h2>
     649      <p id="rfc.section.4.4.p.1">To enable future extensions, recipients <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> ignore unrecognized parameters (see also <a href="#RFC2183" id="rfc.xref.RFC2183.3"><cite title="Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field">[RFC2183]</cite></a>, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183#section-2.8">Section 2.8</a>).
     650      </p>
     651      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.5"><a href="#rfc.section.4.5">4.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="extensibility" href="#extensibility">Extensibility</a></h2>
     652      <p id="rfc.section.4.5.p.1">Note that <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183#section-9">Section 9</a> of <a href="#RFC2183" id="rfc.xref.RFC2183.4"><cite title="Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field">[RFC2183]</cite></a> defines IANA registries both for disposition types and disposition parameters. This registry is shared by different protocols
    640653         using Content-Disposition, such as MIME and HTTP. Therefore, not all registered values may make sense in the context of HTTP.
    641654      </p>
    642       <h1 id="rfc.section.4"><a href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a>&nbsp;<a id="examples" href="#examples">Examples</a></h1>
     655      <h1 id="rfc.section.5"><a href="#rfc.section.5">5.</a>&nbsp;<a id="examples" href="#examples">Examples</a></h1>
    643656      <div id="rfc.figure.u.4"></div>
    644657      <p>Direct UA to show "save as" dialog, with a filename of "example.html":</p>  <pre class="text">Content-Disposition: Attachment; filename=example.html
    … …  
    661674         when it occurs first; it is expected that this situation is going to improve soon.
    662675      </p>
    663       <h1 id="rfc.section.5"><a href="#rfc.section.5">5.</a>&nbsp;<a id="i18n" href="#i18n">Internationalization Considerations</a></h1>
    664       <p id="rfc.section.5.p.1">The "filename*" parameter (<a href="#disposition.parameter.filename" title="Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'">Section&nbsp;3.3</a>), using the encoding defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.5"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a>, allows the server to transmit characters outside the ISO-8859-1 character set, and also to optionally specify the language
     676      <h1 id="rfc.section.6"><a href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a>&nbsp;<a id="i18n" href="#i18n">Internationalization Considerations</a></h1>
     677      <p id="rfc.section.6.p.1">The "filename*" parameter (<a href="#disposition.parameter.filename" title="Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'">Section&nbsp;4.3</a>), using the encoding defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.5"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a>, allows the server to transmit characters outside the ISO-8859-1 character set, and also to optionally specify the language
    665678         in use.
    666679      </p>
    667       <p id="rfc.section.5.p.2">Future parameters might also require internationalization, in which case the same encoding can be used.</p>
    668       <h1 id="rfc.section.6"><a href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a>&nbsp;<a id="security.considerations" href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a></h1>
    669       <p id="rfc.section.6.p.1">Using server-supplied information for constructing local filenames introduces many risks. These are summarized in <a href="#disposition.parameter.filename" title="Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'">Section&nbsp;3.3</a>.
    670       </p>
    671       <p id="rfc.section.6.p.2">Furthermore, implementers also ought to be aware of the Security Considerations applying to HTTP (see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-15">Section 15</a> of <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.9"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>), and also the parameter encoding defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.6"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a> (see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5987#section-5" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.7">Section 5</a>).
    672       </p>
    673       <h1 id="rfc.section.7"><a href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a>&nbsp;<a id="iana.considerations" href="#iana.considerations">IANA Considerations</a></h1>
    674       <h2 id="rfc.section.7.1"><a href="#rfc.section.7.1">7.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="registry" href="#registry">Registry for Disposition Values and Parameter</a></h2>
    675       <p id="rfc.section.7.1.p.1">This specification does not introduce any changes to the registration procedures for disposition values and parameters that
     680      <p id="rfc.section.6.p.2">Future parameters might also require internationalization, in which case the same encoding can be used.</p>
     681      <h1 id="rfc.section.7"><a href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a>&nbsp;<a id="security.considerations" href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a></h1>
     682      <p id="rfc.section.7.p.1">Using server-supplied information for constructing local filenames introduces many risks. These are summarized in <a href="#disposition.parameter.filename" title="Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'">Section&nbsp;4.3</a>.
     683      </p>
     684      <p id="rfc.section.7.p.2">Furthermore, implementers also ought to be aware of the Security Considerations applying to HTTP (see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-15">Section 15</a> of <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.9"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>), and also the parameter encoding defined in <a href="#RFC5987" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.6"><cite title="Character Set and Language Encoding for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Header Field Parameters">[RFC5987]</cite></a> (see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5987#section-5" id="rfc.xref.RFC5987.7">Section 5</a>).
     685      </p>
     686      <h1 id="rfc.section.8"><a href="#rfc.section.8">8.</a>&nbsp;<a id="iana.considerations" href="#iana.considerations">IANA Considerations</a></h1>
     687      <h2 id="rfc.section.8.1"><a href="#rfc.section.8.1">8.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="registry" href="#registry">Registry for Disposition Values and Parameter</a></h2>
     688      <p id="rfc.section.8.1.p.1">This specification does not introduce any changes to the registration procedures for disposition values and parameters that
    676689         are defined in <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183#section-9">Section 9</a> of <a href="#RFC2183" id="rfc.xref.RFC2183.5"><cite title="Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field">[RFC2183]</cite></a>.
    677690      </p>
    678       <h2 id="rfc.section.7.2"><a href="#rfc.section.7.2">7.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.field.registration" href="#header.field.registration">Header Field Registration</a></h2>
    679       <p id="rfc.section.7.2.p.1">This document updates the definition of the Content-Disposition HTTP header field in the permanent HTTP header field registry
     691      <h2 id="rfc.section.8.2"><a href="#rfc.section.8.2">8.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.field.registration" href="#header.field.registration">Header Field Registration</a></h2>
     692      <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.1">This document updates the definition of the Content-Disposition HTTP header field in the permanent HTTP header field registry
    680693         (see <a href="#RFC3864" id="rfc.xref.RFC3864.1"><cite title="Registration Procedures for Message Header Fields">[RFC3864]</cite></a>).
    681694      </p>
    682       <p id="rfc.section.7.2.p.2"> </p>
     695      <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.2"> </p>
    683696      <dl>
    684697         <dt>Header field name:</dt>
    … …  
    691704         <dd>IETF</dd>
    692705         <dt>Specification document:</dt>
    693          <dd>this specification (<a href="#header.field.definition" id="rfc.xref.header.field.definition.1" title="Header Field Definition">Section&nbsp;3</a>)
     706         <dd>this specification (<a href="#header.field.definition" id="rfc.xref.header.field.definition.1" title="Header Field Definition">Section&nbsp;4</a>)
    694707         </dd>
    695708      </dl>
    696       <h1 id="rfc.section.8"><a href="#rfc.section.8">8.</a>&nbsp;Acknowledgements
     709      <h1 id="rfc.section.9"><a href="#rfc.section.9">9.</a>&nbsp;Acknowledgements
    697710      </h1>
    698       <p id="rfc.section.8.p.1">Thanks to Adam Barth, Rolf Eike Beer, Bjoern Hoehrmann, Alfred Hoenes, Roar Lauritzsen, Henrik Nordstrom, and Mark Nottingham
     711      <p id="rfc.section.9.p.1">Thanks to Adam Barth, Rolf Eike Beer, Bjoern Hoehrmann, Alfred Hoenes, Roar Lauritzsen, Henrik Nordstrom, and Mark Nottingham
    699712         for their valuable feedback.
    700713      </p>
    701       <h1 id="rfc.references"><a id="rfc.section.9" href="#rfc.section.9">9.</a> References
     714      <h1 id="rfc.references"><a id="rfc.section.10" href="#rfc.section.10">10.</a> References
    702715      </h1>
    703       <h2 id="rfc.references.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.1" id="rfc.section.9.1">9.1</a> Normative References
     716      <h2 id="rfc.references.1"><a href="#rfc.section.10.1" id="rfc.section.10.1">10.1</a> Normative References
    704717      </h2>
    705718      <table>       
    … …  
    724737         </tr>
    725738      </table>
    726       <h2 id="rfc.references.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2" id="rfc.section.9.2">9.2</a> Informative References
     739      <h2 id="rfc.references.2"><a href="#rfc.section.10.2" id="rfc.section.10.2">10.2</a> Informative References
    727740      </h2>
    728741      <table>               
    … …  
    886899         </table>
    887900      </div>
    888       <p id="rfc.section.C.4.p.3">(*) Does not implement the fallback behavior to "filename" described in <a href="#disposition.parameter.filename" title="Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'">Section&nbsp;3.3</a>.
     901      <p id="rfc.section.C.4.p.3">(*) Does not implement the fallback behavior to "filename" described in <a href="#disposition.parameter.filename" title="Disposition Parameter: 'Filename'">Section&nbsp;4.3</a>.
    889902      </p>
    890903      <h1 id="rfc.section.D"><a href="#rfc.section.D">D.</a>&nbsp;<a id="change.log" href="#change.log">Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)</a></h1>
    … …  
    945958      <h2 id="rfc.section.D.9"><a href="#rfc.section.D.9">D.9</a>&nbsp;<a id="changes.since.04" href="#changes.since.04">Since draft-ietf-httpbis-content-disp-04</a></h2>
    946959      <p id="rfc.section.D.9.p.1">Updated implementation information (Chrome 9 implements RFC 5987).</p>
     960      <p id="rfc.section.D.9.p.2">Clarify who requirements are on, add a section discussing conformance and handling of invalid field values in general.</p>
    947961      <h1 id="rfc.index"><a href="#rfc.index">Index</a></h1>
    948962      <p class="noprint"><a href="#rfc.index.C">C</a> <a href="#rfc.index.H">H</a> <a href="#rfc.index.I">I</a> <a href="#rfc.index.R">R</a>
    … …  
    951965         <ul class="ind">
    952966            <li><a id="rfc.index.C" href="#rfc.index.C"><b>C</b></a><ul>
    953                   <li>Content-Disposition header&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.c.1"><b>3</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.field.definition.1">7.2</a></li>
     967                  <li>Content-Disposition header&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.c.1"><b>4</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.field.definition.1">8.2</a></li>
    954968               </ul>
    955969            </li>
    … …  
    957971                  <li>Headers&nbsp;&nbsp;
    958972                     <ul>
    959                         <li>Content-Disposition&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.h.1"><b>3</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.field.definition.1">7.2</a></li>
     973                        <li>Content-Disposition&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.h.1"><b>4</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.field.definition.1">8.2</a></li>
    960974                     </ul>
    961975                  </li>
    … …  
    963977            </li>
    964978            <li><a id="rfc.index.I" href="#rfc.index.I"><b>I</b></a><ul>
    965                   <li><em>ISO-8859-1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.ISO-8859-1.1">3.3</a>, <a href="#ISO-8859-1"><b>9.1</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.ISO-8859-1.2">C</a></li>
     979                  <li><em>ISO-8859-1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.ISO-8859-1.1">4.3</a>, <a href="#ISO-8859-1"><b>10.1</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.ISO-8859-1.2">C</a></li>
    966980               </ul>
    967981            </li>
    968982            <li><a id="rfc.index.R" href="#rfc.index.R"><b>R</b></a><ul>
    969                   <li><em>RFC2046</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2046.1">3.3</a>, <a href="#RFC2046"><b>9.2</b></a></li>
    970                   <li><em>RFC2047</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#RFC2047"><b>9.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2047.1">C.1</a><ul>
     983                  <li><em>RFC2046</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2046.1">4.3</a>, <a href="#RFC2046"><b>10.2</b></a></li>
     984                  <li><em>RFC2047</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#RFC2047"><b>10.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2047.1">C.1</a><ul>
    971985                        <li><em>Section 5</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2047.1">C.1</a></li>
    972986                     </ul>
    973987                  </li>
    974                   <li><em>RFC2119</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2119.1">2</a>, <a href="#RFC2119"><b>9.1</b></a></li>
    975                   <li><em>RFC2183</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.1">1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.2">3.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.3">3.4</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.4">3.5</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.5">7.1</a>, <a href="#RFC2183"><b>9.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.6">A</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.7">B</a><ul>
     988                  <li><em>RFC2119</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2119.1">2</a>, <a href="#RFC2119"><b>10.1</b></a></li>
     989                  <li><em>RFC2183</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.1">1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.2">4.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.3">4.4</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.4">4.5</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.5">8.1</a>, <a href="#RFC2183"><b>10.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.6">A</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.7">B</a><ul>
    976990                        <li><em>Section 2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.7">B</a></li>
    977991                        <li><em>Section 2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.6">A</a></li>
    978                         <li><em>Section 2.8</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.2">3.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.3">3.4</a></li>
    979                         <li><em>Section 9</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.4">3.5</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.5">7.1</a></li>
     992                        <li><em>Section 2.8</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.2">4.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.3">4.4</a></li>
     993                        <li><em>Section 9</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.4">4.5</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2183.5">8.1</a></li>
    980994                     </ul>
    981995                  </li>
    982                   <li><em>RFC2231</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#RFC2231"><b>9.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2231.1">C</a></li>
    983                   <li><em>RFC2388</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2388.1">1</a>, <a href="#RFC2388"><b>9.2</b></a></li>
    984                   <li><em>RFC2616</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.1">1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.2">1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.3">2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.4">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.5">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.6">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.7">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.8">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.9">6</a>, <a href="#RFC2616"><b>9.1</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.10">A</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.11">C</a><ul>
    985                         <li><em>Section 2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.3">2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.8">3.1</a></li>
    986                         <li><em>Section 2.2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.5">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.6">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.11">C</a></li>
    987                         <li><em>Section 3.6</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.7">3.1</a></li>
     996                  <li><em>RFC2231</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#RFC2231"><b>10.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2231.1">C</a></li>
     997                  <li><em>RFC2388</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2388.1">1</a>, <a href="#RFC2388"><b>10.2</b></a></li>
     998                  <li><em>RFC2616</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.1">1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.2">1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.3">2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.4">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.5">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.6">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.7">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.8">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.9">7</a>, <a href="#RFC2616"><b>10.1</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.10">A</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.11">C</a><ul>
     999                        <li><em>Section 2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.3">2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.8">4.1</a></li>
     1000                        <li><em>Section 2.2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.5">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.6">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.11">C</a></li>
     1001                        <li><em>Section 3.6</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.7">4.1</a></li>
    9881002                        <li><em>Section 15.5</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.2">1</a></li>
    989                         <li><em>Section 15</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.9">6</a></li>
     1003                        <li><em>Section 15</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.9">7</a></li>
    9901004                        <li><em>Section 19.5.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.1">1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC2616.10">A</a></li>
    9911005                     </ul>
    9921006                  </li>
    993                   <li><em>RFC3864</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC3864.1">7.2</a>, <a href="#RFC3864"><b>9.2</b></a></li>
    994                   <li><em>RFC3986</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#RFC3986"><b>9.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC3986.1">C.2</a><ul>
     1007                  <li><em>RFC3864</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC3864.1">8.2</a>, <a href="#RFC3864"><b>10.2</b></a></li>
     1008                  <li><em>RFC3986</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#RFC3986"><b>10.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC3986.1">C.2</a><ul>
    9951009                        <li><em>Section 2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC3986.1">C.2</a></li>
    9961010                     </ul>
    9971011                  </li>
    998                   <li><em>RFC5987</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.1">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.2">3.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.3">3.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.4">4</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.5">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.6">6</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.7">6</a>, <a href="#RFC5987"><b>9.1</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.8">A</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.9">C</a><ul>
    999                         <li><em>Section 3.2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.2">3.1</a></li>
    1000                         <li><em>Section 5</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.7">6</a></li>
     1012                  <li><em>RFC5987</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.1">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.2">4.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.3">4.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.4">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.5">6</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.6">7</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.7">7</a>, <a href="#RFC5987"><b>10.1</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.8">A</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.9">C</a><ul>
     1013                        <li><em>Section 3.2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.2">4.1</a></li>
     1014                        <li><em>Section 5</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.RFC5987.7">7</a></li>
    10011015                     </ul>
    10021016                  </li>
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