RFC 2277 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 1998

IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages

Overview

RFC 2277, “IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages”, is a Best Current Practice document published in January 1998 by H. Alvestrand. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document is the current policies being applied by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) towards the standardization efforts in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in order to help Internet protocols fulfill these requirements. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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