RFC 3492
Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA), March 2003
- File formats:
- 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]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.