RFC 3188: Using National Bibliography Numbers as Uniform Resource Names

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

This document discusses how national bibliography numbers (persistent and unique identifiers assigned by the national libraries) can be supported within the URN (Uniform Resource Names) framework and the syntax for URNs defined in RFC 2141. Much of the discussion is based on the ideas expressed in RFC 2288. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID

RFC3188

Published

October 2001

Authors

J. Hakala

Status

INFORMATIONAL

Stream

Legacy

Area

—

Pages

13

Also known as

—

Obsoleted by:

RFC 8458

• Read the full RFC text →
• Plain text version
• IETF Datatracker history
• DOI: 10.17487/RFC3188

Topics

• urn
• nbn
• national
• libraries

Referenced by

One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.

• RFC 8458Using National Bibliography Numbers as Uniform Resource NamesCurrent

  October 2018

Related documents

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

• RFC 3187Using International Standard Book Numbers as Uniform Resource NamesObsoleted

  October 2001

• RFC 2483URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN ResolutionCurrent

  January 1999

• RFC 2276Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name ResolutionUpdated

  January 1998

• RFC 4854A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for Extensions to the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)Current

  April 2007

• RFC 5031A Uniform Resource Name (URN) for Emergency and Other Well-Known ServicesUpdated

  January 2008

• RFC 5165A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)Current

  April 2008

• RFC 5174A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)Current

  May 2008

• RFC 6755An IETF URN Sub-Namespace for OAuthCurrent

  October 2012

Also filed under

• INFORMATIONAL
• 2001
• Legacy stream