A Generalized Unified Character Code: Western European and CJK Sections
RFC 5242, “A Generalized Unified Character Code: Western European and CJK Sections”, is an Informational document published in April 2008 by J. Klensin, H. Alvestrand. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Many issues have been identified with the use of general-purpose character sets for internationalized domain names and similar purposes. This memo describes a fully unified coded character set for scripts based on Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and Chinese (CJK) characters. It is not a complete specification of that character set. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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