Instructions to RFC Authors
RFC 2223, “Instructions to RFC Authors”, is an Informational document published in October 1997 by J. Postel, J. Reynolds. It obsoletes RFC 825, RFC 1111, RFC 1543. It has since been updated by RFC 5741, RFC 6949. It has been obsoleted by RFC 7322 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This Request for Comments (RFC) provides information about the preparation of RFCs, and certain policies relating to the publication of RFCs. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
The canonical text of RFC 2223 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
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- RFC 2224 NFS URL Scheme
- RFC 2221 IMAP4 Login Referrals
- RFC 2220 The Application/MARC Content-type
- RFC 2226 IP Broadcast over ATM Networks
- RFC 2219 Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services
- RFC 2227 Simple Hit-Metering and Usage-Limiting for HTTP
- RFC 2218 A Common Schema for the Internet White Pages Service