Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
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Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of email to support text in character sets beyond ASCII as well as attachments like images, audio, video, and application files.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9931632 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Context triple: [MIME, fullName, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions]
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A.
SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security is an IETF standard (RFC 3207) that defines how to use TLS to provide encryption and secure authentication for SMTP email transmissions.
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B.
RFC 3821
RFC 3821 is an IETF standards document that specifies the Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP) protocol for transporting Fibre Channel frames over IP networks.
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C.
RFC 3821
RFC 3821 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that specifies the Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) for transporting Fibre Channel frames over IP networks.
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D.
Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access
"Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access" (RFC 8314) is an IETF standards-track document that recommends and defines best practices for using TLS to secure email submission and retrieval protocols instead of unencrypted connections.
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RFC 5321
RFC 5321 is the Internet standard that specifies the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used for email transmission across IP networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Target entity description: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of email to support text in character sets beyond ASCII as well as attachments like images, audio, video, and application files.
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A.
SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security is an IETF standard (RFC 3207) that defines how to use TLS to provide encryption and secure authentication for SMTP email transmissions.
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B.
RFC 3821
RFC 3821 is an IETF standards document that specifies the Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP) protocol for transporting Fibre Channel frames over IP networks.
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C.
RFC 3821
RFC 3821 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that specifies the Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) for transporting Fibre Channel frames over IP networks.
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D.
Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access
"Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access" (RFC 8314) is an IETF standards-track document that recommends and defines best practices for using TLS to secure email submission and retrieval protocols instead of unencrypted connections.
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E.
RFC 5321
RFC 5321 is the Internet standard that specifies the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used for email transmission across IP networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet standard
ⓘ
email standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MIME ⓘ |
| category |
Email
ⓘ
Internet protocols ⓘ |
| defines |
content transfer encodings
ⓘ
content types ⓘ media types ⓘ message header fields ⓘ |
| developedFor | Internet email ⓘ |
| enables |
email attachments
ⓘ
internationalized email content ⓘ |
| extends |
Internet email format
ⓘ
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ⓘ
linked to:
SMTP
|
| firstPublishedIn | 1992 ⓘ |
| fullName | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions ⓘ |
| influenced |
HTTP content type system
ⓘ
web media type registration ⓘ |
| introduces |
message body parts
ⓘ
multipart message bodies ⓘ |
| mediaTypesRegisteredWith | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ⓘ |
| obsoletes |
RFC 1521
ⓘ
RFC 1522 ⓘ |
| originalRFC | RFC 1341 ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| standardizedIn |
RFC 2045
ⓘ
RFC 2046 ⓘ RFC 2047 ⓘ RFC 2048 ⓘ RFC 2049 ⓘ |
| supports |
application file attachments
ⓘ
audio attachments ⓘ binary attachments ⓘ image attachments ⓘ non-ASCII text ⓘ text in character sets beyond ASCII ⓘ video attachments ⓘ |
| usesEncoding |
7bit
ⓘ
8bit ⓘ base64 ⓘ binary ⓘ quoted-printable ⓘ |
| usesHeaderField |
Content-Disposition
ⓘ
Content-Transfer-Encoding ⓘ
linked to:
Content-Transfer-Encoding header field
Content-Type ⓘ MIME-Version ⓘ |
| usesRegistry |
IANA media types registry
ⓘ
linked to:
IANA media type registry
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Description of subject: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of email to support text in character sets beyond ASCII as well as attachments like images, audio, video, and application files.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.