[idn] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idn-punycode-00.txt

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	Title		: Punycode version 0.3.3
	Author(s)	: A. Costello
	Filename	: draft-ietf-idn-punycode-00.txt
	Pages		: 
	Date		: 10-Jan-02
	
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.

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