RFC 2648 · INFORMATIONAL · 1999
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
A URN Namespace for IETF Documents
Overview
RFC 2648, “A URN Namespace for IETF Documents”, is an Informational document published in August 1999 by R. Moats. It has since been updated by RFC 6924, RFC 9141. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document proposes the "ietf" namespace, which consists of the RFC family of documents (RFCs, STDs, FYIs, and BCPs) developed by the IETF and published by the RFC Editor and the minutes of working groups (WG) and birds of a feather (BOF) meetings that occur during IETF conferences. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1999
- RFC 2647 Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance
- RFC 2649 An LDAP Control and Schema for Holding Operation Signatures
- RFC 2646 The Text/Plain Format Parameter
- RFC 2650 Using RPSL in Practice
- RFC 2645 ON-DEMAND MAIL RELAY SMTP with Dynamic IP Addresses
- RFC 2651 The Architecture of the Common Indexing Protocol
- RFC 2644 Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts in Routers
- RFC 2652 MIME Object Definitions for the Common Indexing Protocol