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Request for Comments

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Request for Comments

Summary

Request for Comments has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • Request for Comments is credited with the discovery of Steve Crocker[2].
  • Request for Comments was published by RFC Editor[3].
  • Request for Comments is operated by Internet Society[4].
  • Request for Comments is a type of publication[5].
  • Request for Comments is a type of recommendation[6].
  • Request for Comments's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Request for Comments's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Request for Comments[8].
  • Request for Comments's main subject is internet standard[9].
  • Request for Comments's media type is recorded as application/rfc+xml[10].
  • Request for Comments's described by source is recorded as RFC 7322: RFC Style Guide[11].
  • Request for Comments's described by source is recorded as RFC 1796: Not All RFCs are Standards[12].
  • Request for Comments's topic has template is recorded as Template:IETF RFC[13].
  • Request for Comments's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Request for comments'}[14].
  • Request for Comments's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/rfc[15].
  • Request for Comments's used by is recorded as Internet[16].
  • Request for Comments's main Wikidata property is recorded as P892[17].
  • Request for Comments's properties for this type is recorded as P892[18].
  • Request for Comments's properties for this type is recorded as P407[19].
  • Request for Comments's general property-based URL formatter is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc{P892}[20].
  • Request for Comments's general property-based URL formatter is recorded as https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc{P892}/[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include publication[5] and recommendation[6].

Use and Application

Request for Comments's used by is recorded as Internet[16].

Why It Matters

Request for Comments has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Paul Vixie Steve Crocker

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . RFC 6635: RFC Editor Model (Version 2). wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . RFC 7991: The "xml2rfc" Version 3 Vocabulary. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . portal.issn.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → RFC
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: Request_For_Comments, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294327200|Request For Comments (#294327200)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/80"
  2. 25d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → RFC 7322: RFC Style Guide, RFC 1796: Not All RFCs are Standards
    Publisher → —
    Subclass of → publication, recommendation
    Properties for this type → P892, P407
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: RFC, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/9aef88c707e54/|details]])"
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