# Technical Standards Revision Monitor (`flintglade/technical-standards-revision-monitor`) Actor

Monitor official IETF and W3C standards for status, supersession, section, reference, and normative-language changes with deterministic baselines and evidence-linked hashes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/flintglade/technical-standards-revision-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Flintglade](https://apify.com/flintglade) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 standard checks

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Technical Standards Revision Monitor

Monitor a deliberately narrow set of official IETF and W3C standards for status, supersession, metadata, section, reference, and RFC 2119/8174 normative-language changes with exact evidence.

### What this does not do

- No unauthorized retrieval of paywalled ISO, IEC, ASTM, IEEE, or other licensed full text.
- No legal or compliance certification.
- No universal standards database.
- No interpretation of whether a system complies.
- No LLM summary.
- No cross-site crawling.

### Sources and authorization

Version 1 reads only public official RFC Editor pages, IETF Datatracker/Internet-Draft records, and W3C Technical Reports. Other providers and non-official URLs are rejected before any request. Source terms remain controlling; see [SOURCE_POLICY.md](SOURCE_POLICY.md) and `source_contracts/`.

### Input

Provide 1-100 standards using `provider` (`ietf` or `w3c`) and exactly one `identifier` or official `url`. Optional `baselineStoreId` enables persistent comparisons. `sections` limits full-text checks to exact official section identifiers/titles. `includeNormativeDiff` defaults to true, `retainRaw` to false, and concurrency is 1-6.

```json
{"standards":[{"provider":"ietf","identifier":"RFC9110"}],"includeNormativeDiff":true,"concurrency":1}
````

### Output

Each result row contains the standard's exact official status and relations, canonical baseline hash, stable change classes, before/after section excerpts, source hashes and attribution, warnings, billing decision, and KVS artifact manifests. Example:

```json
{"recordType":"result","status":"baseline_created","charge":{"event":"standard-check","chargeable":true},"standard":{"provider":"ietf","identifier":"RFC9110"},"changes":[],"baseline":{"mode":"stateless","changed":false,"committed":false}}
```

One final `run-summary` row is pushed without a billing event. Large deterministic diffs and optional raw source bytes use generated safe KVS keys; each manifest records content type, byte length, SHA-256, schema version, and generation rule.

### Pricing

The primary PPE event is exactly `standard-check` at launch price **$0.05 per accepted standard check**. Maximum event cost is `number of standards × $0.05`; 20 standards cost at most $1.00. Baseline creation, unchanged, changed, superseded/obsolete, expired, and definitive not-found checks charge. Invalid input, provider outage, blocked source, parse failure, and exhausted rate limits do not.

### State and baseline behavior

Without `baselineStoreId`, every valid check is stateless baseline creation. With it, canonical parsed documents are journaled before billing but become current only after Apify reports exactly one accepted event. Charged-but-uncommitted journals are recovered on the next run. Observation timestamps, run IDs, retries, and platform metadata never enter canonical hashes.

### Partial failures and negative results

Each standard is isolated. A 404/410 definitive official not-found is a paid terminal result. 429, provider 5xx/outage, malformed content, missing requested sections, and blocked sources are uncharged. Full-text-dependent failures never advance a baseline. Once Apify reports the event charge cap reached, no later batch is scheduled.

### Resources

Minimum 256 MB, default 1024 MB, maximum 2048 MB, hosted timeout 600 seconds, concurrency at most 6, and each source response capped at 4 MB.

### Data handling, privacy, and deletion

Inputs contain no credential field. Output echoes only validated public locators. Raw text is not retained unless requested. Delete the run dataset and selected KVS/baseline store to remove retained data; see [PRIVACY.md](PRIVACY.md).

### Source rights and attribution

IETF/RFC Editor and W3C attribution and source evidence accompany every successful row. This Actor does not redistribute licensed standards and does not override upstream notices.

### Limitations

HTML structure and official metadata can change. Normative keywords are reported as textual evidence only; count changes are never labeled as compliance findings. Internet-Draft expiration, withdrawal, and replacement remain distinct official statuses.

### Support and changelog

See [SUPPORT.md](SUPPORT.md) for reproducible reports and [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for version history.

# Actor input Schema

## `inputSchemaVersion` (type: `integer`):

Version of the runtime input contract.

## `standards` (type: `array`):

Each item identifies one official IETF RFC/Internet-Draft or W3C Technical Report by identifier or official URL.

## `baselineStoreId` (type: `string`):

Optional existing KVS. State advances only after exactly one accepted paid event.

## `includeNormativeDiff` (type: `boolean`):

Report RFC 2119/8174 keyword context changes as evidence, not compliance interpretation.

## `sections` (type: `array`):

Optional exact official section identifiers or titles.

## `retainRaw` (type: `boolean`):

Store exact fetched public source bytes in KVS after a paid event is accepted.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Bounded concurrent source checks; it does not change event price.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "inputSchemaVersion": 1,
  "standards": [
    {
      "provider": "ietf",
      "identifier": "RFC9110"
    }
  ],
  "includeNormativeDiff": true,
  "retainRaw": false,
  "concurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `defaultDataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `artifacts` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "standards": [
        {
            "provider": "ietf",
            "identifier": "RFC9110"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("flintglade/technical-standards-revision-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "standards": [{
            "provider": "ietf",
            "identifier": "RFC9110",
        }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("flintglade/technical-standards-revision-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "standards": [
    {
      "provider": "ietf",
      "identifier": "RFC9110"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call flintglade/technical-standards-revision-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=flintglade/technical-standards-revision-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Technical Standards Revision Monitor",
        "description": "Monitor official IETF and W3C standards for status, supersession, section, reference, and normative-language changes with deterministic baselines and evidence-linked hashes.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "LYADnxlfuUhpBTBnp"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/flintglade~technical-standards-revision-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-flintglade-technical-standards-revision-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/flintglade~technical-standards-revision-monitor/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-flintglade-technical-standards-revision-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/flintglade~technical-standards-revision-monitor/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-flintglade-technical-standards-revision-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "standards"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "inputSchemaVersion": {
                        "title": "Input schema version",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Version of the runtime input contract.",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "standards": {
                        "title": "Standards",
                        "minItems": 1,
                        "maxItems": 100,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Each item identifies one official IETF RFC/Internet-Draft or W3C Technical Report by identifier or official URL.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "additionalProperties": false,
                            "properties": {
                                "provider": {
                                    "title": "Provider",
                                    "description": "Official source family; version 1 supports only IETF and W3C.",
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "enum": [
                                        "ietf",
                                        "w3c"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "identifier": {
                                    "title": "Official identifier",
                                    "description": "RFC number, Internet-Draft name, or W3C Technical Report shortname.",
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "minLength": 1,
                                    "maxLength": 128
                                },
                                "url": {
                                    "title": "Official URL",
                                    "description": "Explicit official provider URL; non-official hosts are rejected before request.",
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "maxLength": 2048,
                                    "editor": "textfield"
                                }
                            },
                            "required": [
                                "provider"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "baselineStoreId": {
                        "title": "Baseline key-value store",
                        "minLength": 1,
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional existing KVS. State advances only after exactly one accepted paid event."
                    },
                    "includeNormativeDiff": {
                        "title": "Include normative-language evidence",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Report RFC 2119/8174 keyword context changes as evidence, not compliance interpretation.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "sections": {
                        "title": "Official sections",
                        "minItems": 1,
                        "maxItems": 100,
                        "uniqueItems": true,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional exact official section identifiers or titles.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "minLength": 1,
                            "maxLength": 128
                        }
                    },
                    "retainRaw": {
                        "title": "Retain raw public source",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Store exact fetched public source bytes in KVS after a paid event is accepted.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "concurrency": {
                        "title": "Concurrency",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 6,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Bounded concurrent source checks; it does not change event price.",
                        "default": 3
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
