metasystema.org
ObsoletedPROPOSED STANDARDIETF stream

RFC 2327: SDP: Session Description Protocol

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4566.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 8866 — SDP: Session Description Protocol

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document defines the Session Description Protocol, SDP. SDP is intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2327
Published
April 1998
Authors
M. Handley; V. Jacobson
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
42
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4566
Updated by:
RFC 3266

Topics

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2327 (1998)
  2. RFC 3266 (2002)
  3. RFC 4566 (2006)
  4. RFC 8866 (2021) ✓

Read the full history of SDP: Session Description Protocol →

Referenced by

2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

Related documents

Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.

Also filed under

About this page

The document record above — title, authors, date, status, stream, area, relationships, DOI and errata — is imported verbatim from the public RFC Editor index. The “in plain English” section is editorial: written by The metasystema editorial team, not part of the RFC. Where the two differ, the RFC text governs.

Last checked against the RFC Editor index on . RFCs are never revised after publication; changes are issued as new documents.

Data sources · Editorial policy · Report a correction · What is an RFC?

canonical URL: /rfc/2327-sdp-session-description-protocol