Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
RFC 2434, “Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs”, is a Best Current Practice document published in October 1998 by T. Narten, H. Alvestrand. It has since been updated by RFC 3692. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5226 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document discusses issues that should be considered in formulating a policy for assigning values to a name space and provides guidelines to document authors on the specific text that must be included in documents that place demands on the IANA. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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