RFC 6722 · INFORMATIONAL · 2012

Publishing the "Tao of the IETF" as a Web Page

Overview

RFC 6722, “Publishing the "Tao of the IETF" as a Web Page”, is an Informational document published in August 2012 by P. Hoffman. It obsoletes RFC 4677. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9592 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes how the "Tao of the IETF", which has been published as a series of RFCs in the past, is instead being published as a web page. It also contains the procedure for publishing and editing that web page. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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

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
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 4677
Obsoleted by
RFC 9592
Other RFCs from 2012

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