Naming Conventions
Characters Host Segment HTTP Token Note
A-Z, a-z, 0-9 Key Key Key
‘!’ (0x21) illegal Version reserved
‘"’ (0x22) illegal illegal illegal
‘#’ (0x23) illegal illegal reserved URL Fragment
‘$’ (0x24) illegal reserved reserved
‘%’ (0x25) escape escape escape Percent encode 2 hex digits
‘&’ (0x26) illegal reserved reserved URL Query separator
‘'’ (0x27) illegal reserved reserved
‘(’ (0x28) illegal reserved illegal old suffix - remove
‘)’ (0x29) illegal reserved illegal
‘*’ (0x2A) illegal reserved reserved
‘+’ (0x2B) illegal Number Number Segment Number
‘,’ (0x2C) illegal Part illegal Segment Part separator
‘-’ (0x2D) Key Time Time Segment Time: -YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS
‘.’ (0x2E) Separator Extension reserved URL Extension separator in first Segment
‘/’ (0x2F) illegal Separator illegal Segment separator in Path
‘:’ (0x3A) illegal reserved illegal
‘;’ (0x3B) illegal Fluff illegal Ignore until ‘.’
‘<’ (0x3C) illegal illegal illegal
‘=’ (0x3D) illegal reserved illegal
‘>’ (0x3E) illegal illegal illegal
‘?’ (0x3F) illegal Query illegal
‘[’ (0x5B) illegal illegal illegal
‘\’ (0x5C) illegal illegal illegal
‘]’ (0x5D) illegal illegal illegal
‘^’ (0x5E) illegal illegal reserved
‘_’ (0x5F) illegal Key Key
‘7B) illegal illegal illegal
‘|’ (0x7C) illegal illegal reserved
‘}’ (0x7D) illegal illegal illegal
‘~’ (0x7E) illegal Suffix Suffix Suffix until ‘.’, ‘=’, WS
‘DEL’ (0x7F) illegal illegal illegal
NUL 0 ● 0x0 ● ‘NUL’ ● UTF8: 0x00

Plane: 0x0 ● Page: 0x0 ● Byte: 0x0

Unicode Plane
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 10
Unicode Page in Plane: 0
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F
80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 9A 9B 9C 9D 9E 9F
A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 BA BB BC BD BE BF
C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF
E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF
Unicode ● Plane: 0x0 ● Page: 0x0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS TAB LF VT FF CR SO SI
10 DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB CAN EM SUB ESC FS GS RS US
20 SP ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
30 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
40 @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
50 P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
60 ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
70 p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ DEL
80 PAD HOP BPH NBH IND NEL SSA ESA HTS HTJ VTS PLD PLU RI SS2 SS3
90 DCS PU1 PU2 STS CCH MW SPA EPA SOS SGC SCI CSI ST OSC PM APC
A0 NBS ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ § ¨ © ª « ¬ ­ ® ¯
B0 ° ± ² ³ ´ µ · ¸ ¹ º » ¼ ½ ¾ ¿
C0 À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï
D0 Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß
E0 à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï
F0 ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ
Unicode Charater Flags
Name Value
Flag: Alpha ASCII letter (‘A’-‘Z’, ‘a’-‘z’)
Flag: Alphanumeric ASCII letter or digit (‘0’-‘9’, ‘A’-‘Z’, ‘a’-‘z’)
Flag: Digit ASCII digit (‘0’-‘9’)
Flag: Domain Domain (‘-’, ‘0’-‘9’, ‘A’-‘Z’, ‘a’-‘z’, extended)
Flag: HTTP_Separator HTTP_Separator (HT (0x09)), SP (0x20), ‘'(),/:;<=>?@[\]’)
Flag: HTTP_Token HTTP_Token (‘!#$%&"*+-.^_`|~’, Digit, Alpha)
Flag: HTTP_Whitespace HTTP_Whitespace (‘ ’ (0x20), HT (0x09))
Flag: Part Part (‘0’-‘9’, Alpha, ‘@’, ‘_’, extended)
Flag: URL_Query URL_Query (‘!$%&'()*+,-./:;=?@_~’, Digit, Alpha)
Flag: URL_Scheme URL_Scheme (‘+-.’, Digit, Alpha)
Flag: URL_Segment URL_Segment (‘!$%&'()*+,-.:;=@_~’, Digit, Alpha)
Flag: URL_SubDelim URL_SubDelim (‘!$&'()*+,;=’)
Flag: URL_Unreserved URL_Unreserved (‘-._~’, Digit, Alpha)
Flag: XML_Key Element Tag or Attribute Key (XML_Start, ‘-’, ‘.’, ‘0’-‘9’)
Flag: XML_Start Element Tag or Attribute Key first (‘:’, ‘A’-‘Z’, ‘_’, ‘a’-‘z’)
Flag: XML_Whitespace (‘ ’ (0x20), HT (0x09), LF (0x0A), CR (0x0D))