RFC 1603 (rfc1603) - Page 2 of 29
IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
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RFC 1603 IETF Working Group Guidelines March 1994
5.5. Area Consultant......................................... 19
5.6. Area Director........................................... 20
5.7. Area Directorate........................................ 21
6. WORKING GROUP DOCUMENTS................................... 21
6.1. Session documents....................................... 21
6.2. IETF meeting document archive........................... 21
6.3. Internet-Drafts (I-D)................................... 23
6.4. Request For Comments (RFC).............................. 24
6.5. Submission of documents................................. 24
6.6. Review of documents..................................... 25
7. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS................................... 26
8. REFERENCES................................................ 26
9. AUTHORS' ADDRESSES........................................ 27
APPENDIX: SAMPLE WORKING GROUP CHARTER........................ 28
1. INTRODUCTION
This document defines guidelines and procedures for Internet
Engineering Task Force working groups. The Internet is a loosely-
organized international collaboration of autonomous, interconnected
networks; it supports host-to-host communication through voluntary
adherence to open protocols and procedures defined by Internet
Standards, a collection of which are commonly known as "the TCP/IP
protocol suite". The Internet Standards Process is defined in [1].
Development and review of potential Internet Standards from all
sources is conducted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
The IETF is a large, open community of network designers, operators,
vendors, users, and researchers concerned with the Internet and the
technology used on it. The IETF is managed by its Internet
Engineering Steering Group (IESG) whose membership includes an IETF
Chair, responsible for oversight of general IETF operations, and Area
Directors, each of whom is responsible for a set of IETF activities
and working groups. The IETF Executive Director and IESG Secretary
are ex-officio participants, as are the IAB Chair and a designated
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) member. At present there are 10
areas, though the number and purview of areas changes over time:
User Services (USV)
Applications (APP)
Service Applications (SAP)
Transport Services (TSV)
Internet (INT)
Routing (RTG)
Network Management (MGT)
Operational Requirements (OPS)
Security (SEC)
Standards & Processes (STD)
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