RFC 2731 is Obsolete
draft-reschke-rfc2731bis-01

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Abstract

This document recommends that RFC 2731, on Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML, be reclassified as Historic, as further development of this specification has moved to the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.

1.  Introduction

[RFC2731] (Kunze, J., “Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML,” December 1999.) defines "Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML". Newer specifications published by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), in particular [DC‑HTML] (Johnston, P. and A. Powell, “Expressing Dublin Core metadata using HTML/XHTML meta and link elements,” August 2008.), have obsoleted this work.

Note: Implementers of RFC 2731 should note that Section 4.1 of [DC‑HTML] (Johnston, P. and A. Powell, “Expressing Dublin Core metadata using HTML/XHTML meta and link elements,” August 2008.) introduces a new requirement with respect to the use of the "head" element's "profile" attribute.

2.  Recommendation to Reclassify RFC 2731

This document recommends that the IESG reclassify [RFC2731] (Kunze, J., “Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML,” December 1999.) as Historic.

3.  Security Considerations

There are no security considerations related to this document.

4.  IANA Considerations

There are no IANA considerations related to this document.

5.  References

5.1. Normative References

5.2. Informative References

Appendix A.  Related Discussion on DC-ARCHITECTURE Mailing list (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication

This proposal has been discussed and approved on the DC-ARCHITECTURE mailing list (DC-ARCHITECTURE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK, https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=DC-ARCHITECTURE;XwVOng;20090818152516%2B0200).

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