> There are, it appears, many types of IETF RFCs, some which are intended to
> be called "Internet standards" and others which bear other embedded labels
> and descriptions in their boilerplate text that are merely "experimental" or
> "informational" or perhaps simply "proposed standard". One contributor here
> described the RFC series as "a repository of technical information [that]
> will be around when I am no longer around." 

I was also under the impression that a lot of RFCs are *not* "IETF RFCs",
since the RFC editor will publish certain types of RFCs without them
having gone through an IETF process.  RFC as a document series is not
the same thing as "the IETF's publications"; the IETF publishes its
final products as RFCs, and so do some others, including individuals.
  -- Cos
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