metasystema.org
UpdatedPROPOSED STANDARDIETF stream

RFC 4975: The Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP)

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 7977, RFC 8591, RFC 8873, RFC 8996. Read both.

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

This document describes the Message Session Relay Protocol, a protocol for transmitting a series of related instant messages in the context of a session. Message sessions are treated like any other media stream when set up via a rendezvous or session creation protocol such as the Session Initiation Protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC4975
Published
September 2007
Authors
B. Campbell; R. Mahy; C. Jennings
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rai
Pages
63
Also known as
—
Updated by:
RFC 7977, RFC 8591, RFC 8873, RFC 8996

Topics

Referenced by

4 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/4975-the-message-session-relay-protocol-msrp