RFC 7997 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016

The Use of Non-ASCII Characters in RFCs

Overview

RFC 7997, “The Use of Non-ASCII Characters in RFCs”, is an Informational document published in December 2016 by H. Flanagan. It updates RFC 7322. It has since been updated by RFC 9920. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

In order to support the internationalization of protocols and a more diverse Internet community, the RFC Series must evolve to allow for the use of non-ASCII characters in RFCs. While English remains the required language of the Series, the encoding of future RFCs will be in UTF-8, allowing for a broader range of characters than typically used in the English language. This document describes the RFC Editor requirements and gives guidance regarding the use of non-ASCII characters in RFCs.

This document updates RFC 7322. Please view this document in PDF form to see the full text.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC updates
RFC 7322
Updated by
RFC 9920
Other RFCs from 2016

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