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	Title		: Preparation of Internationalized Strings 
                          ('stringprep')
	Author(s)	: P. Hoffman, M. Blanchet
	Filename	: draft-hoffman-stringprep-02.txt
	Pages		: 
	Date		: 01-May-02
	
This document describes a framework for preparing text strings in order
to increase the likelihood that string input and string comparison work
in ways that make sense for typical users throughout the world. The
stringprep protocol is useful for protocol identifier values, company
and personal names, internationalized domain names, and other text
strings.

This document does not specify how protocols should prepare text
strings. Protocols must create profiles of stringprep in order to fully
specify the processing options.

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