Extensible Provisioning Protocol
RFC 4930, “Extensible Provisioning Protocol”, is a Draft Standard document published in May 2007 by S. Hollenbeck. It obsoletes RFC 3730. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5730 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes an application layer client-server protocol for the provisioning and management of objects stored in a shared central repository. Specified in XML, the protocol defines generic object management operations and an extensible framework that maps protocol operations to objects. This document includes a protocol specification, an object mapping template, and an XML media type registration. This document obsoletes RFC 3730. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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- RFC 4929 Change Process for Multiprotocol Label Switching and Generalized MPLS Protocols and Procedures
- RFC 4931 Extensible Provisioning Protocol Domain Name Mapping
- RFC 4928 Avoiding Equal Cost Multipath Treatment in MPLS Networks
- RFC 4932 Extensible Provisioning Protocol Host Mapping
- RFC 4927 Path Computation Element Communication Protocol Specific Requirements for Inter-Area MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering
- RFC 4933 Extensible Provisioning Protocol Contact Mapping
- RFC 4926 A URN Namespace for GEANT
- RFC 4934 Extensible Provisioning Protocol Transport Over TCP