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RFC 2376: XML Media Types

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3023.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 7303 — XML Media Types

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

This document proposes two new media subtypes, text/xml and application/xml, for use in exchanging network entities which are conforming Extensible Markup Language (XML). This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Document record

Document ID
RFC2376
Published
July 1998
Authors
E. Whitehead; M. Murata
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
15
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3023

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2376 (1998)
  2. RFC 3023 (2001)
  3. RFC 7303 (2014) ✓

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