(last updated 2010-11-04)

Charset name: windows-874

Charset aliases: (None)

Suitability for use in MIME text:

Yes, windows-874 is suitable for use with subtypes of the "text"
Content-Type. Note that windows-874 is an 8-bit charset. Care should
be taken to choose an appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding.

Published specification(s):

1) http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/874.htm

ISO 10646 equivalency table:

http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP874.TXT

Additional information:

UTF-8 is preferred to windows-874 for Thai, when permissible.

Although not authoritative, the following references may also be of
interest:

Printed mapping table:
Dr. International "Developing International Software, Second Edition",
Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1583-7, 2003, p. 779-782

Microsoft windows extended "best fit" behavior:
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WindowsBestFit/bestfit874.txt

This is a request for a new registration of this charset. This
charset name is in use.

This charset is also known as Windows Code Page 874, DOS-874,
or cp874 for short; these are NOT aliases.

Person & email address to contact for further information:

Shawn Steele
Email: Shawn.Steele&microsoft.com

Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way,
Redmond, WA 98052
U.S.A.

Intended usage: COMMON



(file created 2010-11-04)