RFC 1489 · INFORMATIONAL · 1993

Registration of a Cyrillic Character Set

Overview

RFC 1489, “Registration of a Cyrillic Character Set”, is an Informational document published in July 1993 by A. Chernov. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Though the proposed character set "koi8-r" is not currently an international standard, there is very large user community (including Relcom Net) supporting it. Factually, "koi8-r" is de-facto standard for Unix and global network applications in the former Soviet Union. This is the reason the Society of Unix User Groups (SUUG) believes "koi8-r" should be registered. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.

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