RFC 5620: RFC Editor Model (Version 1)
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6548, RFC 6635.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 8730 — Independent Submission Editor Model; RFC 9920 — RFC Editor Model (Version 3)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The RFC Editor performs a number of functions that may be carried out by various persons or entities. The RFC Editor model presented in this document divides the responsibilities for the RFC Series into four functions: The RFC Series Editor, the Independent Submission Editor, the RFC Production Center, and the RFC Publisher. It also introduces the RFC Series Advisory Group and an (optional) Independent Submission Stream Editorial Board. The model outlined here is intended to increase flexibility and operational support options, provide for the orderly succession of the RFC Editor, and ensure the continuity of the RFC series, while maintaining RFC quality and timely processing, ensuring document accessibility, reducing costs, and increasing cost transparency. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC5620
- Published
- August 2009
- Authors
- O. Kolkman; IAB
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IAB
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 19
- Also known as
- —
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 7 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
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2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
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