HTML Format for RFCs
RFC 7992
This RFC was published on the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) stream.
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| Document | Type |
RFC
- Informational
(December 2016)
Was
draft-iab-html-rfc
(iab)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Joe Hildebrand , Paul E. Hoffman | ||
| Last updated | 2016-12-16 | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Architecture Board (IAB) | ||
| Formats |
RFC 7992
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) J. Hildebrand, Ed.
Request for Comments: 7992 Mozilla
Category: Informational P. Hoffman
ISSN: 2070-1721 ICANN
December 2016
HTML Format for RFCs
Abstract
In order to meet the evolving needs of the Internet community, the
canonical format for RFCs is changing from a plain-text, ASCII-only
format to an XML format that will, in turn, be rendered into several
publication formats. This document defines the HTML format that will
be rendered for an RFC or Internet-Draft.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
and represents information that the IAB has deemed valuable to
provide for permanent record. It represents the consensus of the
Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Documents approved for
publication by the IAB are not a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.
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RFC 7992 HTML for RFCs December 2016
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Requirements for the HTML Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Requirements for Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. HTML Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. HTML Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. Common Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2. Pilcrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Front Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.1. DOCTYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.2. Root Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.3. <head> Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.3.1. Charset Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.3.2. Document Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.3.3. Document Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.3.4. Link to XML Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.3.5. Link to License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.3.6. Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.3.7. Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.4. Page Headers and Footers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.5. Document Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.6. Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. Main Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. Back Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.1. Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.1.1. Index Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8.1.2. Index Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8.1.3. Index Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.1.4. Index Subitems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.2. Authors' Addresses Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.3. Document Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.1. <abstract> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.2. <address> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.3. <annotation> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.4. <area> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.5. <artwork> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.5.1. Text Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.5.2. SVG Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.5.3. Other Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21