[rpat] Emojis in RFCs

Sandy Ginoza <sginoza@amsl.com> Mon, 08 January 2024 19:57 UTC

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Greetings and Happy New Year all!

draft-ietf-jsonpath-base contains the following at the end of Section 2.3.1.1:
(“🤔", THINKING FACE)

The only discussion we found regarding the emoji in this document includes the following (see https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/json/Fbx5rj_aYumQF7Zx8GXLrGUu92k/):

> We need a non-BMP character to create this example. If RPC has trouble rendering this in PDF, we might use a different one. In RFC 8949 we used U+10151 (GREEK ACROPHONIC ATTIC FIFTY STATERS, "𐅑").

Even though the emoji is included as an example, we intend make the substitution as we are concerned about the inclusion of emojis and the use of color.  We will discuss the substitution with the authors and relevant ADs.

We raise this for awareness, as non-ASCII characters are tricky.  Please let us know if you have any concerns about this path.

Thank you,
Sandy