Maciej wrote on IRC
(<http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20090526#l-104>):
# [02:09] <othermaciej> interesting, RFC2068 was a Proposed Standard but
RFC2616 which obsoleted it isn't yet (a decade after coming out)
It helps understanding the IETF terminology. RFC2068 is a Proposed
Standard, RFC 2616 is a Draft Standard -- the next step would be (Full)
Standard.
If you have more IETF-specific questions I recommend dumping them on the
HTMLWG's IRC channel (which I'm usually connected to).
BR, Julian
