RFC 2731<ed:replace ed:resolves="title" datetime="2009-10-04"><ed:ins> ("Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML")</ed:ins></ed:replace> is Obsolete

RFC 2731<ed:replace ed:resolves="title" datetime="2009-10-04"><ed:ins> ("Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML")</ed:ins></ed:replace> is Obsolete greenbytes GmbH

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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. Distribution of this document is unlimited. Please send feedback to either the DC-Architecture mailing list () or the IETF Apps Area mailing list (). XML versions and latest edits for this document are available from . Umbrella issue for editorial fixes/enhancements. Include the title of RFC 2731 into this document's title. Done.

defines "Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML". Newer specifications published by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) over the last decade, in particular "Expressing Dublin Core metadata using HTML/XHTML meta and link elements" (DC-HTML, ), have obsoleted this work. Note: Implementers of RFC 2731 should note that DC-HTML introduces a new requirement with respect to the use of the "head" element's "profile" attribute.

It's not clear whether this case is really a candidate for reclassification as "historic". After all, the format that was described in RFC 2731 is still in use in Dublin Core's DC-HTML; it just got revised. So simply stating that it is obsolete (which would be implied by publishing this document) should be enough. This document recommends that the IESG reclassify as Historic.

LC feedback: explain why there are no Security Considerations. Done. There are no security considerations related to this document. This document is of adminstrative nature only and therefore there are no security relations related to it.

There are no IANA considerations related to this document.

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This proposal has been discussed and approved on the DC-ARCHITECTURE mailing list (, ).

Added John Kunze as Co-Author. Expand Security Considerations to say why there aren't any. Include title of RFC 2731 into this document's title. Mention that Dublin Core has maintained its version of the spec for the last decade. Add open issue "historic", which is waiting for community feedback.