RFC 7991 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
The "xml2rfc" Version 3 Vocabulary
Overview
RFC 7991, “The "xml2rfc" Version 3 Vocabulary”, is an Informational document published in December 2016 by P. Hoffman. It obsoletes RFC 7749. It has since been updated by RFC 9920. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines the "xml2rfc" version 3 vocabulary: an XML-based language used for writing RFCs and Internet-Drafts. It is heavily derived from the version 2 vocabulary that is also under discussion. This document obsoletes the v2 grammar described in RFC 7749.
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
Other RFCs from 2016
- RFC 7990 RFC Format Framework
- RFC 7992 HTML Format for RFCs
- RFC 7989 End-to-End Session Identification in IP-Based Multimedia Communication Networks
- RFC 7993 Cascading Style Sheets Requirements for RFCs
- RFC 7988 Ingress Replication Tunnels in Multicast VPN
- RFC 7994 Requirements for Plain-Text RFCs
- RFC 7987 IS-IS Minimum Remaining Lifetime
- RFC 7995 PDF Format for RFCs