The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'The IETF XML Registry' <draft-mealling-iana-xmlns-registry-05.txt> as a BCP. This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Ted Hardie. Technical Summary This document creates an IANA maintained registry of XML element identifiers so that document authors and implementors have a well maintained and authoritative location for their XML elements. As part of this standard, the IANA will maintain o the public representation of the document, o the URI for the elements if one is provided at the time of registration, o a registry of Public Identifiers as URIs. Working Group Summary This document is not the product of an IETF Working group, but it has been reviewed within the IETF. Protocol Quality This document was reviewed for the IESG by the XML directorate.