RFC - 4790

Internet Application Protocol Collation Registry

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc4790.txt
Authors:	C. Newman [Sun Microsystems], M. Duerst [Aoyama Gakuin University], A. Gulbrandsen [Oryx]
Date:	March 2007
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Referred by:	2 RFC
Refers to:	14 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).

Abstract

Many Internet application protocols include string-based lookup, searching, or sorting operations. However, the problem space for searching and sorting international strings is large, not fully explored, and is outside the area of expertise for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Rather than attempt to solve such a large problem, this specification creates an abstraction framework so that application protocols can precisely identify a comparison function, and the repertoire of comparison functions can be extended in the future.

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