RFC 5992: Internationalized Domain Names Registration and Administration Guidelines for European Languages Using Cyrillic
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document is a guideline for registries and registrars on registering internationalized domain names (IDNs) based on (in alphabetical order) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Byelorussian, Kildin Sami, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian languages in a DNS zone. It describes appropriate characters for registration and variant considerations for characters from Greek and Latin scripts with similar appearances and/or derivations. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC5992
- Published
- October 2010
- Authors
- S. Sharikov; D. Miloshevic; J. Klensin
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- INDEPENDENT
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 21
- Also known as
- —
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