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Unicode Transformation Format Seventeen
draft-whistler-utf17-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Ken Whistler , Raymond McGowan
Last updated 2001-06-25
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Abstract

This memo describes a new transformation format that is much easier to read. UTF-17 converts each Unicode code point to a sequence of 1 synchronizing byte followed by 7 further bytes, for a total of 8 bytes per character.

Authors

Ken Whistler
Raymond McGowan

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