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RFC 8866: SDP: Session Description Protocol

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This memo defines the Session Description Protocol (SDP). SDP is intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation. This document obsoletes RFC 4566.

Document record

Document ID
RFC8866
Published
January 2021
Authors
A. Begen; P. Kyzivat; C. Perkins; M. Handley
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
57
Also known as
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Obsoletes:
RFC 4566

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2327 (1998)
  2. RFC 3266 (2002)
  3. RFC 4566 (2006)
  4. RFC 8866 (2021)

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