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RFC 2044: UTF-8, a transformation format of Unicode and ISO 10646

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2279.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 3629 — UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646

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The Unicode Standard, version 1.1, and ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993 jointly define a 16 bit character set which encompasses most of the world's writing systems. UTF-8, the object of this memo, has the characteristic of preserving the full US-ASCII range. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Document record

Document ID
RFC2044
Published
October 1996
Authors
F. Yergeau
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
6
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2279

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2044 (1996)
  2. RFC 2279 (1998)
  3. RFC 3629 (2003) ✓

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