UTF-7 - A Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode
RFC 1642, “UTF-7 - A Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode”, is an Experimental document published in July 1994 by D. Goldsmith, M. Davis. It has been obsoleted by RFC 2152 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a new transformation format of Unicode that contains only 7-bit ASCII characters and is intended to be readable by humans in the limiting case that the document consists of characters from the US-ASCII repertoire. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
What “Experimental” means
Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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- RFC 1640 The Process for Organization of Internet Standards Working Group
- RFC 1644 T/TCP -- TCP Extensions for Transactions Functional Specification
- RFC 1639 FTP Operation Over Big Address Records
- RFC 1645 Simple Network Paging Protocol - Version 2
- RFC 1638 PPP Bridging Control Protocol
- RFC 1646 TN3270 Extensions for LUname and Printer Selection