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 ## Code of Conduct
 
 See [our code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
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+## References
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+RFC 3492: Punycode, a Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA). Punycode uniquely and reversibly transforms a Unicode string into an ASCII string. This is relevant to the repository as it provides a standardized way to handle internationalized domain names.
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+[Read RFC 3492](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3492.txt)