RFC 7992 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
HTML Format for RFCs
Overview
RFC 7992, “HTML Format for RFCs”, is an Informational document published in December 2016 by J. Hildebrand, P. Hoffman. It has since been updated by RFC 9920. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
In order to meet the evolving needs of the Internet community, the canonical format for RFCs is changing from a plain-text, ASCII-only format to an XML format that will, in turn, be rendered into several publication formats. This document defines the HTML format that will be rendered for an RFC or Internet-Draft.
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 7991 The "xml2rfc" Version 3 Vocabulary
- RFC 7993 Cascading Style Sheets Requirements for RFCs
- RFC 7990 RFC Format Framework
- RFC 7994 Requirements for Plain-Text RFCs
- RFC 7989 End-to-End Session Identification in IP-Based Multimedia Communication Networks
- RFC 7995 PDF Format for RFCs
- RFC 7988 Ingress Replication Tunnels in Multicast VPN
- RFC 7996 SVG Drawings for RFCs: SVG 1.2 RFC