The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Guidelines and Registration Procedures for new URI Schemes ' <draft-hansen-2717bis-2718bis-uri-guidelines-06.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 Scott Hollenbeck. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hansen-2717bis-2718bis-uri-guidelines- 06.txt Technical Summary This document provides guidelines and recommendations for the definition of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes. It also updates the process and IANA registry for URI schemes. If approved, this document obsoletes RFCs 2717 and 2718. Working Group Summary This document is the work of individual submitters. It has not been reviewed by an IETF working group, though it was reviewed by members of the uri@w3.org mailing list. An IETF last call was requested and completed. Review comments have been incorporated into the document. Protocol Quality Scott Hollenbeck has reviewed this document for the IESG. In addition, it was reviewed by the members of the uri@w3.org mailing list. Note to the RFC Editor ABSTRACT Add the sentence "It obsoletes both RFC 2717 and RFC 2718." to the end of the abstract. Section 5.2: OLD 5. If Expert Review recommends registration 'provisional' or 'provisional' registration, IANA adds the registration to the ^^^^^^^^^^^ appropriate registry. NEW 5. If Expert Review recommends registration 'provisional' or 'permanent' registration, IANA adds the registration to the ^^^^^^^^^ appropriate registry. Section 5.3: OLD Transition to 'permanent' status (or from 'permanent' to 'historical' status) requires IESG approval; transition from 'provisional' to 'historical' may be requested by anyone authorized to update the provisional registration. NEW Transition from 'provisional' to 'permanent' status may be requested and approved in the same manner as a new 'permanent' registration. Transition from 'permanent' to 'historical' status requires IESG approval. Transition from 'provisional' to 'historical' may be requested by anyone authorized to update the provisional registration. Acknowledgment Please remove the reference '[14]' after uri@w3.org and its appearance [14] <mailto:uri@w3.org> in the references list. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce