Editing Internet Standard (section)

== Internet Engineering Task Force ==
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier internet standards organization. It follows an open and well-documented processes for setting internet standards. The resources that the IETF offers include RFCs, internet-drafts, IANA functions, intellectual property rights, standards process, and publishing and accessing RFCs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Society.|first=Internet Engineering Task Force. Internet |title=IETF journal |date=2005|publisher=Internet Society|oclc=746928702}}</ref>

=== RFCs ===

* Documents that contain technical specifications and notes for the Internet.
* The acronym RFC came from the phrase "Request For Comments" - this is not used anymore today and is now simply referred to as RFCs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RFCs|url=https://www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=IETF|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206221247/https://www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The website ''RFC Editor'' is an official archive of internet standards, draft standards, and proposed standards.<ref name="dx.doi.org">{{Cite IETF |date=May 2008|title=Internet Official Protocol Standards|doi=10.17487/rfc5000 |rfc=5000}}</ref>

=== Internet Drafts ===

* Working documents of the IETF and its working groups.<ref>{{Cite IETF |last=Farrel|first=A.|date=April 2014|title=Handling of Internet-Drafts by IETF Working Groups|doi=10.17487/rfc7221 |rfc=7221}}</ref>
* Other groups may distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts

=== Intellectual property rights ===

* All IETF standards are freely available to view and read, and generally free to implement by anyone without permission or payment.<ref>{{Cite IETF |date=March 2005|title=Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology|doi=10.17487/rfc3979 |rfc=3979}}</ref>

=== Standards Process ===

* The process of creating a standard is straightforward - a specification goes through an extensive review process by the Internet community and revised through experience.<ref>{{Cite IETF |last=Hovey|first=R.|last2=Bradner|first2=S.|date=October 1996|title=The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards Process|doi=10.17487/rfc2028 |rfc=2028}}</ref>

=== Publishing and accessing RFCs ===

* Internet-Drafts that successfully completed the review process.
* Submitted to RFC editor for publication.