Name: draft-duerst-iri-11
Title: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)
State: Pending
Authors: Martin Duerst, Michel Suignard
Group: Individual Submissions (none)
Date: 2004-12-01
This document defines a new protocol element, the Internationalized
Resource Identifier (IRI), as a complement to the Uniform Resource
Identifier (URI). An IRI is a sequence of characters from the Universal
Character Set (Unicode/ISO 10646). A mapping from IRIs to URIs is defined,
which means that IRIs can be used instead of URIs where appropriate to
identify resources. The approach of defining a new protocol element was
chosen, instead of extending or changing the definition of URIs, to allow a
clear distinction and to avoid incompatibilities with existing software.
Guidelines for the use and deployment of IRIs in various protocols,
formats, and software components that now deal with URIs are provided.
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