draft-brown-davis-base64-sort

A Sortable Base64 Alphabet

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This document details a formal specification for a new Base64 alphabet which follows the US-ASCII ordering and sorts the same as binary. This serves as an alternative variant to Base64 and Base64url when lexicographically sortable outputs are required. The alphabet re-uses the Base64url special characters and is designed to be compatible with existing Base64 implementations, while providing a new option for applications that require sorted output.