A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6055 Title: IAB Thoughts on Encodings for Internationalized Domain Names Author: D. Thaler, J. Klensin, S. Cheshire Status: Informational Stream: IAB Date: February 2011 Mailbox: dthaler@microsoft.com, john+ietf@jck.com, cheshire@apple.com Pages: 24 Characters: 58799 Updates: RFC2130 I-D Tag: draft-iab-idn-encoding-04.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6055.txt This document explores issues with Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) that result from the use of various encoding schemes such as UTF-8 and the ASCII-Compatible Encoding produced by the Punycode algorithm. It focuses on the importance of agreeing on a single encoding and how complicated the state of affairs ends up being as a result of using different encodings today. This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce