- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:01:09 -0700
- To: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Cc: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Aug 21, 2009, at 12:52 AM, Henri Sivonen wrote: > On Aug 21, 2009, at 09:00, Julian Reschke wrote: > >> b) we still should obsolete RFC 2854 in the RFC Index. > > > That seems like the right thing to do. > > Can an RFC be obsoleted without publishing a new RFC? If not, can > the new RFC simply have a single reference pointing to the W3C space? An RFC can be moved to "Historic" status (the formal term for "obsolete") without the need for a superseding RFC. See RFC2026 "The Internet Standards Process", particularly sections 4.2.4 and 6.4. Regards, Maciej [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2026.txt
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