Uniform Resource Names (URNs)
This specification has been revised 3 times since RFC 2141 (1997). Each document below formally obsoleted the one before it; the versions still in force are listed first.
Revision timeline
Current version — implement against this
Superseded versions — historical reference only
- RFC 2141URN SyntaxObsoletedMay 1997proposed standardreplaced by RFC8141
- RFC 2611URN Namespace Definition MechanismsObsoletedJune 1999best current practicereplaced by RFC3406
- RFC 3406Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition MechanismsObsoletedOctober 2002best current practicereplaced by RFC8141
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 8141 (April 2017).