The Use of Non-ASCII Characters in RFCs

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 15
Abstract: In order to support the internationalization of protocols and a more diverse Internet community, the RFC Series must evolve to allow for the use of non-ASCII characters in RFCs. While English remains the required language of the Series, the encoding of future RFCs will be in UTF-8, allowing for a broader range of characters than typically used in the English language. This document describes the RFC Editor requirements and gives guidance regarding the use of non-ASCII characters in RFCs. This document updates RFC 7322. Please view this document in PDF form to see the full text.
Publication Date: 2016-12-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC7997
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7997
Author(s): Heather Flanagan
Keyword(s): RFC Series, UTF-8, ASCII, xml2rfc

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Merriam-Webster, Inc., "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition", 2009. EXTERNAL
The Unicode Consortium, "Unicode Standard Annex #15: Unicode Normalization Forms", 2016, < http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/ >. EXTERNAL
The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard", < http://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/ >. EXTERNAL
The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard", < http://www.unicode.org/charts >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 20 [Active*]
RFC4475 — 16 EXTERNAL
RFC5137 — RFC5137 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 7322 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7564 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 7613 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 7991 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 7991 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8729 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9920 [Active*]