RFC 1642
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RFC 1642 is an Internet standards document that defines the UTF-7 encoding for representing Unicode characters in environments restricted to 7-bit data.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 1642 canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Internet standards document
ⓘ
Request for Comments ⓘ |
| applicableTo | 7-bit data environments ⓘ |
| area | Applications ⓘ |
| category | Informational ⓘ |
| constraint | designed for 7-bit transport channels ⓘ |
| defines | UTF-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definesEncodingFor | Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definesPropertyOfUTF-7 |
ASCII text remains readable
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non-ASCII characters encoded using shift sequences ⓘ |
| encodingType | 7-bit safe encoding ⓘ |
| hasNumber | 1642 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | limitations of 7-bit email transport ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | RFC 2152 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUseCase | encoding Unicode text in email ⓘ |
| proposes | UTF-7 as an encoding for Unicode over SMTP ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
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surface form:
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Internet mail
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MIME NERFINISHED ⓘ SMTP NERFINISHED ⓘ Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ character encoding ⓘ email systems ⓘ |
| series | RFC series ⓘ |
| standardizes | mail-safe transformation format for Unicode ⓘ |
| status | Historic ⓘ |
| title | UTF-7: A Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesAlphabet | modified Base64 ⓘ |
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