note that we are updating RFC 3864 (for #515)

draft-ietf-httpbis-semantics-latest.xml

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 <?rfc-ext xml2rfc-backend="202007"?>
 
 <rfc obsoletes="2818,7230,7231,7232,7233,7235,7538,7615,7694"
+     updates="3864"
      category="std" x:maturity-level="proposed"
      ipr="pre5378Trust200902" docName="draft-ietf-httpbis-semantics-&ID-VERSION;"
      xmlns:x='http://purl.org/net/xml2rfc/ext'
@@ -11141,6 +11142,12 @@ Content-Type: text/plain
 </section>
 
 <section title="Field Name Registration" anchor="field.name.registration">
+<t>
+   This specification updates the HTTP related aspects of the existing
+   registration procedures for message header fields defined in <xref target="RFC3864"/>.
+   It defines both a new registration procedure and moves HTTP field
+   definitions into a separate registry.
+</t>
 <t>      
    Please create a new registry as outlined in <xref
    target="field-name.registry"/>.
@@ -11150,7 +11157,6 @@ Content-Type: text/plain
    Message Header Registries with the protocol 'http' are to be moved to it,
    with the following changes applied:
 </t>
-
 <ol>
    <li>The 'Applicable Protocol' field is to be omitted.</li>
    <li>Entries with a status of 'standard', 'experimental', 'reserved', or
@@ -12624,6 +12630,18 @@ Content-Type: text/plain
   <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="6648"/>
 </reference>
 
+<reference anchor="RFC3864">
+  <front>
+    <title>Registration Procedures for Message Header Fields</title>
+    <author initials="G." surname="Klyne" fullname="G. Klyne"/>
+    <author initials="M." surname="Nottingham" fullname="M. Nottingham"/>
+    <author initials="J." surname="Mogul" fullname="J. Mogul"/>
+    <date year="2004" month="September"/>
+  </front>
+  <seriesInfo name="BCP" value="90"/>
+  <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="3864"/>
+</reference>
+
 <reference anchor="RFC5322">
   <front>
     <title>Internet Message Format</title>
@@ -13471,6 +13489,7 @@ transfer-coding = &lt;transfer-coding, see <xref target="Messaging" x:fmt="," x:
   <li>In <xref target="field.name.registration"/>, moved "*" field registration into main table (<eref target="https://github.com/httpwg/http-core/issues/476"/>)</li>
   <li>In <xref target="intro.evolution"/>, reference <xref target="HTTP09"/> (<eref target="https://github.com/httpwg/http-core/issues/497"/>)</li>
   <li>In <xref target="status.1xx"/>, align language about bodies and trailers with 204 and 304 (<eref target="https://github.com/httpwg/http-core/issues/503"/>)</li>
+  <li>In <xref target="field.name.registration"/>, bote that this document updates <xref target="RFC3864"/> (<eref target="https://github.com/httpwg/http-core/issues/515"/>)</li>
 </ul>
 </section>
 </section>