RFC 27 · UNKNOWN · 1969
WED · 17 JUN 2026
Documentation Conventions
Overview
RFC 27, “Documentation Conventions”, is an Unknown document published in December 1969 by S.D. Crocker. It updates RFC 10, RFC 16, RFC 24. It has since been updated by RFC 30. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1969
- RFC 25 No High Link Numbers
- RFC 24 Documentation Conventions
- RFC 23 Transmission of Multiple Control Messages
- RFC 22 Host-host control message formats
- RFC 21 Network meeting
- RFC 20 ASCII format for network interchange
- RFC 19 Two protocol suggestions to reduce congestion at swap bound nodes
- RFC 18 IMP-IMP and HOST-HOST Control Links