RFC 2611: URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms

This document lays out general definitions of and mechanisms for establishing URN "namespaces". This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for…

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Outgoing relationships (7 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2434: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Informative reference — RFC 2141: URN Syntax
Informative reference — RFC 1737: Functional Requirements for Uniform Resource Names
Informative reference — RFC 2276: Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name Resolution
Informative reference — RFC 2288: Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names
Informative reference — RFC 2168: Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System
Informative reference — RFC 2169: A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in URN Resolution

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 3406: Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanisms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3187: Using International Standard Book Numbers as Uniform Resource Names
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3075: XML-Signature Syntax and Processing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3188: Using National Bibliography Numbers as Uniform Resource Names
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3085: URN Namespace for NewsML Resources