• Working groups

  Working Groups (WGs) are the primary mechanism for development of IETF specifications and guidelines, many of which are intended to be standards or recommendations.

• Email lists

  This page describes many of the IETF email lists, where most of the daily work of the IETF is conducted.

• Meetings and events

  While most IETF work takes place online, including on email lists, meetings and other events such as Hackathons provide in-person opportunities to advance work.

• Running code

  An unofficial motto of the IETF is, "We believe in rough consensus and running code." Implementation experience provides critical feedback to the standardization process.

• Online tools

  The IETF community works mostly online, and creates many of the tools used to develop standards documents and support IETF processes.

• Birds of a Feather

  This page provides information about Birds of a Feather sessions (BoFs)--initial, informal, in-person discussions about a particular the topic of interest to the IETF community--and related policies and procedures.