RFC 3023 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2001

XML Media Types

Overview

RFC 3023, “XML Media Types”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2001 by M. Murata, S. St. Laurent, D. Kohn. It updates RFC 2048. It obsoletes RFC 2376. It has since been updated by RFC 6839. It has been obsoleted by RFC 7303 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document standardizes five new media types -- text/xml, application/xml, text/xml-external-parsed-entity, application/xml- external-parsed-entity, and application/xml-dtd -- for use in exchanging network entities that are related to the Extensible Markup Language (XML). This document also standardizes a convention (using the suffix '+xml') for naming media types outside of these five types when those media types represent XML MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) entities. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2376
Obsoleted by
RFC 7303
This RFC updates
RFC 2048
Updated by
RFC 6839
Other RFCs from 2001

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