RFC Streams, Headers, and Boilerplates
RFC 7841, “RFC Streams, Headers, and Boilerplates”, is an Informational document published in May 2016 by J. Halpern, L. Daigle, O. Kolkman. It obsoletes RFC 5741. It has since been updated by RFC 9280, RFC 9920. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
RFC documents contain a number of fixed elements such as the title page header, standard boilerplates, and copyright/IPR statements. This document describes them and introduces some updates to reflect current usage and requirements of RFC publication. In particular, this updated structure is intended to communicate clearly the source of RFC creation and review. This document obsoletes RFC 5741, moving detailed content to an IAB web page and preparing for more flexible output formats.
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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