This document describes a framework for preparing Unicode 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.
RFC 3454-2002 history
2002RFC 3454-2002 "Preparation of Internationalized Strings (""stringprep"")"