FYI: Proposed internet standard (RFC) for civic addresses in DHCP

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        RFC 4776

        Title:      Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4
                    and DHCPv6) Option for Civic Addresses
                    Configuration Information
        Author:     H. Schulzrinne
        Status:     Proposed Standard
        Date:       November 2006
        Mailbox:    hgs+geopriv@cs.columbia.edu
        Pages:      19
        Characters: 45495
        Obsoletes: RFC4676
        See-Also:

        I-D Tag:    draft-rfc4676bis-00.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4776.txt

RFC 4776 is being published to correct an error in the assignment of
the numeric value of the DHCPv6 option-code in RFC 4676 (Section 3.2).
This document obsoletes RFC 4676.

This document specifies a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4
and DHCPv6) option containing the civic location of the client or the
DHCP server. The Location Configuration Information (LCI) includes
information about the country, administrative units such as states,
provinces, and cities, as well as street addresses, postal community
names, and building information. The option allows multiple
renditions of the same address in different scripts and languages.
[STANDARDS TRACK[

This document is a product of the Geographic Location/Privacy
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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