RFC 3492

Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA), March 2003

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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Updated by:
RFC 5891
Author:
A. Costello
Stream:
IETF
Source:
idn (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3492

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Abstract

Punycode is a simple and efficient transfer encoding syntax designed for use with Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA). It uniquely and reversibly transforms a Unicode string into an ASCII string. ASCII characters in the Unicode string are represented literally, and non-ASCII characters are represented by ASCII characters that are allowed in host name labels (letters, digits, and hyphens). This document defines a general algorithm called Bootstring that allows a string of basic code points to uniquely represent any string of code points drawn from a larger set. Punycode is an instance of Bootstring that uses particular parameter values specified by this document, appropriate for IDNA. [STANDARDS-TRACK]


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