RFC Format Framework
RFC 7990, “RFC Format Framework”, is an Informational document published in December 2016 by H. Flanagan. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9720 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
In order to improve the readability of RFCs while supporting their archivability, the canonical format of the RFC Series will be transitioning from plain-text ASCII to XML using the xml2rfc version 3 vocabulary; different publication formats will be rendered from that base document. With these changes comes an increase in complexity for authors, consumers, and the publisher of RFCs. This document serves as the framework that provides the problem statement, lays out a road map of the documents that capture the specific requirements, and describes the transition plan.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
The canonical text of RFC 7990 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
- RFC 7989 End-to-End Session Identification in IP-Based Multimedia Communication Networks
- RFC 7991 The "xml2rfc" Version 3 Vocabulary
- RFC 7988 Ingress Replication Tunnels in Multicast VPN
- RFC 7992 HTML Format for RFCs
- RFC 7987 IS-IS Minimum Remaining Lifetime
- RFC 7993 Cascading Style Sheets Requirements for RFCs
- RFC 7986 New Properties for iCalendar
- RFC 7994 Requirements for Plain-Text RFCs