RFC 4690: Review and Recommendations for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)

This note describes issues raised by the deployment and use of Internationalized Domain Names. It describes problems both at the time of registration and for…

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Outgoing relationships (19 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 3490: Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Normative reference — RFC 3454: Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep")
Normative reference — RFC 3492: Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Normative reference — RFC 3491: Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)
Informative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Informative reference — RFC 2277: IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages
Informative reference — RFC 3987: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)
Informative reference — RFC 3066: Tags for the Identification of Languages
Informative reference — RFC 3912: WHOIS Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4646: Tags for Identifying Languages
Informative reference — RFC 3743: Joint Engineering Team (JET) Guidelines for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) Registration and Administration for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
Informative reference — RFC 3536: Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF
Informative reference — RFC 4290: Suggested Practices for Registration of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)
Informative reference — RFC 3467: Role of the Domain Name System (DNS)
Informative reference — RFC 3981: IRIS: The Internet Registry Information Service (IRIS) Core Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2825: A Tangled Web: Issues of I18N, Domain Names, and the Other Internet protocols
Informative reference — RFC 3982: IRIS: A Domain Registry (dreg) Type for the Internet Registry Information Service (IRIS)
Informative reference — RFC 4645: Initial Language Subtag Registry
Informative reference — RFC 4185: National and Local Characters for DNS Top Level Domain (TLD) Names

Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 5890: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5891: Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA): Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6733: Diameter Base Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5894: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Background, Explanation, and Rationale
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5892: The Unicode Code Points and Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6530: Overview and Framework for Internationalized Email
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7595: Guidelines and Registration Procedures for URI Schemes
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7564: PRECIS Framework: Preparation, Enforcement, and Comparison of Internationalized Strings in Application Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6885: Stringprep Revision and Problem Statement for the Preparation and Comparison of Internationalized Strings (PRECIS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8170: Planning for Protocol Adoption and Subsequent Transitions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8264: PRECIS Framework: Preparation, Enforcement, and Comparison of Internationalized Strings in Application Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6912: Principles for Unicode Code Point Inclusion in Labels in the DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8753: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA) Review for New Unicode Versions