Title: Punycode version 0.3.3
Abstract: Punycode is a simple and efficient encoding designed for use with Internationalized Domain Names [IDN] [IDNA]. It uniquely and reversibly transforms a Unicode string [UNICODE] into an ASCII string. ASCII characters in the Unicode string are represented literally, and non-ASCII characters are represented by ASCII characters that are allowed in hostname labels (letters, digits, and hyphens). Bootstring is a general algorithm that allows a string of basic code points to uniquely represent any string of code points drawn from a larger set. Punycode is an instance Bootstring that uses particular parameter values appropriate for IDNA. This document specifies Bootstring and the parameter values for Punycode. A URL for this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idn-punycode-00.txt This two weeks WG last call ends Feb 11th 2002, 23h59 GMT-5. This document is for standards track. The co-chairs see a wg rough concensus on this document. Please send any proposed modification of the text to the wg mailing list as well as to the wg co-chairs, stating clearly the text to be modified and the new text. Marc & James
