{"draft":"draft-iab-rfc-nonascii-02","doc_id":"RFC7997","title":"The Use of Non-ASCII Characters in RFCs","authors":["H. Flanagan, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","PDF","HTML"],"page_count":"15","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"IAB","abstract":"In order to support the internationalization of protocols and a more\r\ndiverse Internet community, the RFC Series must evolve to allow for\r\nthe use of non-ASCII characters in RFCs.  While English remains the\r\nrequired language of the Series, the encoding of future RFCs will be\r\nin UTF-8, allowing for a broader range of characters than typically\r\nused in the English language.  This document describes the RFC Editor\r\nrequirements and gives guidance regarding the use of non-ASCII\r\ncharacters in RFCs.\r\n\r\nThis document updates RFC 7322.  Please view this document in PDF\r\nform to see the full text.","pub_date":"December 2016","keywords":["RFC Series","UTF-8","ASCII","format","non-ASCII","v3","xml2rfcv3"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC7322"],"updated_by":["RFC9920"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC7997","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc7997"}