ObsoletedINFORMATIONALIETF stream

RFC 6722: Publishing the "Tao of the IETF" as a Web Page

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 9592.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 9592Retiring the Tao of the IETF

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

This document describes how the "Tao of the IETF", which has been published as a series of RFCs in the past, is instead being published as a web page. It also contains the procedure for publishing and editing that web page. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

Document record

Document ID
RFC6722
Published
August 2012
Authors
P. Hoffman
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
Pages
3
Also known as
Obsoletes:
RFC 4677
Obsoleted by:
RFC 9592

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 7 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1391 (1993)
  2. RFC 1539 (1993)
  3. RFC 1718 (1994)
  4. RFC 3160 (2001)
  5. RFC 4677 (2006)
  6. RFC 6722 (2012)
  7. RFC 9592 (2024)

Read the full history of Retiring the Tao of the IETF

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