[Taps] RFC 9622 on An Abstract Application Programming Interface (API) for Transport Services

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        RFC 9622

        Title:      An Abstract Application Programming Interface (API)
                    for Transport Services 
        Author:     B. Trammell, Ed.,
                    M. Welzl, Ed.,
                    R. Enghardt,
                    G. Fairhurst,
                    M. Kühlewind,
                    C. S. Perkins,
                    P.S. Tiesel,
                    T. Pauly
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       January 2025
        Mailbox:    ietf@trammell.ch,
                    michawe@ifi.uio.no,
                    ietf@tenghardt.net,
                    gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk,
                    mirja.kuehlewind@ericsson.com,
                    csp@csperkins.org,
                    philipp@tiesel.net,
                    tpauly@apple.com
        Pages:      84
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-taps-interface-26.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9622

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9622

This document describes an abstract Application Programming Interface
(API) to the transport layer that enables the selection of transport
protocols and network paths dynamically at runtime. This API enables
faster deployment of new protocols and protocol features without
requiring changes to the applications. The specified API follows the
Transport Services Architecture by providing asynchronous, atomic
transmission of Messages. It is intended to replace the BSD Socket
API as the common interface to the transport layer, in an environment
where endpoints could select from multiple network paths and
potential transport protocols.

This document is a product of the Transport Services Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track
protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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