RFC 5727 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2010

Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol and the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area

Overview

RFC 5727, “Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol and the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area”, is a Best Current Practice document published in March 2010 by J. Peterson, C. Jennings, R. Sparks. It updates RFC 3265, RFC 3969. It obsoletes RFC 3427. It has since been updated by RFC 7957. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo documents a process intended to organize the future development of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and related work in the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure (RAI) Area. As the environments in which SIP is deployed grow more numerous and diverse, modifying or extending SIP in certain ways may threaten the interoperability and security of the protocol; however, the IETF process must also cater to the realities of existing deployments and serve the needs of the implementers working with SIP. This document therefore defines the functions of two long-lived working groups in the RAI Area that are, respectively, responsible for the maintenance of the core SIP specifications and the development of new efforts to extend and apply work in this space. This document obsoletes RFC 3427. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 3427
This RFC updates
RFC 3265 RFC 3969
Updated by
RFC 7957
Other RFCs from 2010

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