Investigate RFC 8187 compliance (obsoletes RFC 5987) #116
Description
RFC 5987 was obsoleted by RFC 8187 in September 2017. We should update our documentation to reference the current standard and verify our implementation is compliant.
Key Changes in RFC 8187
- UTF-8 is now the only mandatory character encoding for producers
- ISO-8859-1 support is optional (encouraged for receivers, but not required)
- Simplified specification with clearer guidelines
References
- RFC 8187: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8187
- RFC 8187 Appendix A (changes from 5987): https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8187#appendix-A