The IESG has received a request from the Preparation and Comparison of
Internationalized Strings WG (precis) to consider the following document:
- 'PRECIS Framework: Preparation, Enforcement, and Comparison of
Internationalized Strings in Application Protocols'
<draft-ietf-precis-framework-22.txt> as Proposed Standard
This is a second Last Call. Even though this document has already been
through IESG Evaluation and was approved pending an RFC Editor note to
address some comments, significant enough issues were raised and changes
were made that a new Last Call and IESG Evaluation is prudent.
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2015-02-19. Exceptionally, comments may be
sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the
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Abstract
Application protocols using Unicode characters in protocol strings
need to properly handle such strings in order to enforce
internationalization rules for strings placed in various protocol
slots (such as addresses and identifiers) and to perform valid
comparison operations (e.g., for purposes of authentication or
authorization). This document defines a framework enabling
application protocols to perform the preparation, enforcement, and
comparison of internationalized strings ("PRECIS") in a way that
depends on the properties of Unicode characters and thus is agile
with respect to versions of Unicode. As a result, this framework
provides a more sustainable approach to the handling of
internationalized strings than the previous framework, known as
Stringprep (RFC 3454). This document obsoletes RFC 3454.
The file can be obtained via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-precis-framework/
IESG discussion can be tracked via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-precis-framework/ballot/
No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
