The OCL operator UTF8 is a character encoding standard used to represent text in computing. It stands for "Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit" and is a variable-length encoding scheme that can represent all possible Unicode code points.

In MDriven, the UTF8 operator helps when you need to:

• Convert text into UTF8 format
• Send text to external systems that require UTF8
• Make sure special characters (like accents, emoji, or non-English letters) are encoded correctly.

Example of characters needing UTF8:

• “á”, “é”, “ó”
• “😊”

When the system exports text to another platform (API, file, integration), use:

self.Description.UTF8

This guarantees the receiving system reads the text properly.

See: Encoding