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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


> Begin forwarded message:
>=20
> From: IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
> Subject: IESG Statement on Assignable Codepoints for Examples in IETF =
Specifications
> Date: October 23, 2025 at 1:42:32 PM EDT
> To: "IETF Announcement List" <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
> Cc: iesg@ietf.org
> Reply-To: iesg@ietf.org
>=20
> The IESG has issued a Statement on Assignable Codepoints for Examples =
in IETF Specifications.
>=20
> 23 October 2025
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> Read the full statement: =
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-assignable-co=
depoints-for-examples-in-ietf-specifications/
>=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Most =
working group participants are good about using example code points in =
their contributions to IDR. &nbsp;This list (see contents of URL) may be =
of interest to newer working group participants.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">-- Jeff</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span=
 style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=3D""><b class=3D"">From: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica =
Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D"">IESG Secretary &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:iesg-secretary@ietf.org" =
class=3D"">iesg-secretary@ietf.org</a>&gt;<br class=3D""></span></div><div=
 style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: =
-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Subject: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica =
Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">IESG Statement on =
Assignable Codepoints for Examples in IETF Specifications</b><br =
class=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Date: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica =
Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D"">October 23, 2025 at 1:42:32 PM =
EDT<br class=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span=
 style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, =
sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=3D""><b class=3D"">To: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica =
Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D"">"IETF Announcement List" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:ietf-announce@ietf.org" =
class=3D"">ietf-announce@ietf.org</a>&gt;<br class=3D""></span></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: =
-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Cc: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, =
sans-serif;" class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:iesg@ietf.org" =
class=3D"">iesg@ietf.org</a><br class=3D""></span></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: =
-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Reply-To: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica =
Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:iesg@ietf.org" =
class=3D"">iesg@ietf.org</a><br class=3D""></span></div><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">The IESG has issued a =
Statement on Assignable Codepoints for Examples in IETF =
Specifications.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">23 October 2025<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">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.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">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.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">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.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Read =
the full statement: <a =
href=3D"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-assig=
nable-codepoints-for-examples-in-ietf-specifications/" =
class=3D"">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-as=
signable-codepoints-for-examples-in-ietf-specifications/</a><br =
class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">_______________________________________________<br =
class=3D"">IETF-Announce mailing list -- <a =
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class=3D"">ietf-announce@ietf.org</a><br class=3D"">To unsubscribe send =
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