[Idr] Fwd: IESG Statement on Assignable Codepoints for Examples in IETF Specifications

[Jeffrey Haas <[e-mail]>]

Most working group participants are good about using example code points in their contributions to IDR.  This list (see contents of URL) may be of interest to newer working group participants.

-- Jeff


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> From: IESG Secretary <[e-mail]>
> Subject: IESG Statement on Assignable Codepoints for Examples in IETF Specifications
> Date: October 23, 2025 at 1:42:32 PM EDT
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> The IESG has issued a Statement on Assignable Codepoints for Examples in IETF Specifications.
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> 23 October 2025
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> Protocol specifications and other documents intended for RFC publication may include examples with correctly formatted and syntactically valid codepoints to illustrate the use of a given functionality.
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> Examples of codepoints are email addresses, domain names, IP addresses, or port numbers. Codepoint values may already have been assigned or may become assigned in the future to entities on the Internet.
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> To explicitly distinguish between codepoint assignments that could be used in production and those solely for examples in documentation (and not production use), the IETF has reserved values for documentation purposes and usually recorded them in a relevant IANA registry. This practice reduces the impact or associated confusion if codepoints allocated for documentation leak into production use.
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> Read the full statement: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-assignable-codepoints-for-examples-in-ietf-specifications/
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