RFC Format Framework
RFC 7990

Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 7990, changed abstract to 'In order to improve the readability of RFCs while supporting their archivability, the canonical format of the RFC Series will be transitioning from plain-text ASCII to XML using the xml2rfc version 3 vocabulary; different publication formats will be rendered from that base document.  With these changes comes an increase in complexity for authors, consumers, and the publisher of RFCs.  This document serves as the framework that provides the problem statement, lays out a road map of the documents that capture the specific requirements, and describes the transition plan.', changed standardization level to Informational, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2016-12-16, changed IAB state to Published RFC)