{
  "draft": "draft-iab-extension-recs-17",
  "doc_id": "RFC6709",
  "title": "Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions",
  "authors": [
    "B. Carpenter",
    "B. Aboba, Ed.",
    "S. Cheshire"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "42",
  "pub_status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "source": "IAB",
  "abstract": "This document discusses architectural issues related to the extensibility of Internet protocols, with a focus on design considerations.  It is intended to assist designers of both base protocols and extensions.  Case studies are included.  A companion document, RFC 4775 (BCP 125), discusses procedures relating to the extensibility of IETF protocols.  This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.",
  "pub_date": "September 2012",
  "keywords": [],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC6709",
  "errata_url": null
}