Fwd: IRI and updated URI specs published as RFC 3987, RFC 3986 (STD 66)

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> Resent-From: chairs@w3.org
> From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
> Date: January 25, 2005 6:24:59 PM PST
> To: chairs@w3.org
> Subject: IRI and updated URI specs published as RFC 3987, RFC 3986 
> (STD   66)
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> Dear Chairs,
>
> The RFC Editor has published and announced the updated URI spec
> (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt) and the IRI spec
> (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3987.txt). Below is the most relevant
> information from the two announcements. Many thanks to all those
> helping to make this possible.
>
> As most W3C specs are using URIs, the resposible WGs and IGs have to
> think about how to update their references from RFC 2396 to RFC 3986.
>
> Also, as many W3C specs are describing or referencing to what in effect
> are IRIs, the responsible WGs and IGs have to think about how to move
> to directly referencing RFC 3987. In addition, specs that didn't
> allow IRIs should think very seriously about allowing the use of IRIs
> now that there exists a stable reference.
>
> If you have questions, please direct them to this forum (in case of
> general interest), to the I18N Core WG (mailto:public-i18n-core@w3.org
> for public discussion, mailto:member-i18n-core@w3.org for Member-only
> discussion), to the TAG, or to the authors of the specs.
>
> Regards,    Martin.
>
>
> >>>>>>>>
> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
>
>
>         STD 66
>         RFC 3986
>
>         Title:      Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
>         Author(s):  T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, L. Masinter
>         Status:     Standards Track
>         Date:       January 2005
>         Mailbox:    timbl@w3.org, fielding@gbiv.com, LMM@acm.org
>         Pages:      61
>         Characters: 141811
>         Updates:    1738
>         Obsoletes:  2732, 2396, 1808
>
>         I-D Tag:    draft-fielding-uri-rfc2396bis-07.txt
>
>         URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3986.txt
>
>
> A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of
> characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource.  This
> specification defines the generic URI syntax and a process for
> resolving URI references that might be in relative form, along with
> guidelines and security considerations for the use of URIs on the
> Internet.  The URI syntax defines a grammar that is a superset of all
> valid URIs, allowing an implementation to parse the common
> components of a URI reference without knowing the scheme-specific
> requirements of every possible identifier.  This specification does
> not define a generative grammar for URIs; that task is performed by
> the individual specifications of each URI scheme.
>
> This is now a Standard Protocol.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
>
>
>         RFC 3987
>
>         Title:      Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)
>         Author(s):  M. Duerst, M. Suignard
>         Status:     Standards Track
>         Date:       January 2005
>         Mailbox:    duerst@w3.org, michelsu@microsoft.com
>         Pages:      46
>         Characters: 111190
>         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None
>
>         I-D Tag:    draft-duerst-iri-11.txt
>
>         URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3987.txt
>
>
> 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.  This was done in
> order to allow a clear distinction and to avoid incompatibilities with
> existing software.  Guidelines are provided for the use and deployment
> of IRIs in various protocols, formats, and software components that
> currently deal with URIs.
>
> This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.
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>
>

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