Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace Registration Transition

This specification has been revised 2 times since RFC 3044 (2001). Each document below formally obsoleted the one before it; the versions still in force are listed first.

Revision timeline

RFC 3044 (2001)
RFC 3187 (2001)
RFC 8254 (2017) ✓

Current version — implement against this

RFC 8254Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace Registration TransitionCurrent
October 2017proposed standard

Superseded versions — historical reference only

RFC 3044Using The ISSN (International Serial Standard Number) as URN (Uniform Resource Names) within an ISSN-URN NamespaceObsoleted
January 2001historicreplaced by RFC8254
RFC 3187Using International Standard Book Numbers as Uniform Resource NamesObsoleted
October 2001historicreplaced by RFC8254

This lineage is derived automatically from the “obsoletes” relationships recorded in the public RFC Editor index — no editorial judgement is applied to the ordering. The most recent document in the chain is RFC 8254 (October 2017).