Change RFC2083 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) to Historic
status-change-png-to-historic-maintained-by-w3c-00

The following approval message was sent
From: The IESG
To: IETF-Announce 
Cc: The IESG ,
    iana@iana.org,
    rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org,
    rfc2083@ietf.org
Subject: Document Action: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification Version 1.0 to Historic

The IESG has approved changing the status of the following document:
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification Version 1.0
  (rfc2083) to Historic

This document action is documented at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-png-to-historic-maintained-by-w3c/

A URL of the affected document is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc2083/

Status Change Details:

The publication of RFC 2083 has been overtaken by further work in the W3C.
The latest specification for PNG can be found at https://www.w3.org/TR/png-3/

Personnel

  Paul Wouters is the responsible Area Director.

From: "David Dong" 

IESG:

IANA has completed its review of status-change-png-to-historic-maintained-by-w3c-00, which is currently in Last Call, and has the following comments:

IANA understands that, upon approval of this document, there are no IANA Actions that need completion.

IANA understands that this is a request for a document status change only and has no implications for any IANA registrations.

If this assessment is not accurate, please respond as soon as possible.

For definitions of IANA review states, please see: https://datatracker.ietf.org/help/state/draft/iana-review

Thank you,

David Dong
IANA Services Sr. Specialist

The following Last Call announcement was sent out (ends 2025-08-01):

From: The IESG
To: IETF-Announce
Reply-To: last-call@ietf.org
Sender:
Subject: Last Call: Change RFC2083 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) to Historic


The IESG has received a request from an individual participant to make the
following status changes:

- RFC2083 from Informational to Historic
    (PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification Version 1.0)

The supporting document for this request can be found here:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-png-to-historic-maintained-by-w3c/

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
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The affected document can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc2083/

IESG discussion of this request can be tracked via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-png-to-historic-maintained-by-w3c/ballot/

Notification list changed to none from The publication of RFC 2083 has been overtaken by further work in the W3C. The latest specification for PNG can be found at https://www.w3.org/TR/png-3/