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 9592 — Retiring 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
- —
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 7 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
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One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
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