RFC 2028: The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards Process
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 9281.
Current version: RFC 9281 — Entities Involved in the IETF Standards Process
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes the individuals and organizations involved in the IETF. This includes descriptions of the IESG, the IETF Working Groups and the relationship between the IETF and the Internet Society. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC2028
- Published
- October 1996
- Authors
- R. Hovey; S. Bradner
- Status
- BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- gen
- Pages
- 7
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 9281
Topics
Referenced by
4 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
- RFC 3668Intellectual Property Rights in IETF TechnologyObsoleted
February 2004
- RFC 3979Intellectual Property Rights in IETF TechnologyObsoleted
March 2005
- RFC 8717IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Consolidated Updates to IETF Administrative TerminologyCurrent
February 2020
- RFC 9281Entities Involved in the IETF Standards ProcessCurrent
June 2022
Related documents
Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.
- RFC 2031IETF-ISOC relationshipObsoleted
October 1996
- RFC 3005IETF Discussion List CharterObsoleted
November 2000
- RFC 3160The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task ForceObsoleted
August 2001
- RFC 3184IETF Guidelines for ConductObsoleted
October 2001
- RFC 2438Advancement of MIB specifications on the IETF Standards TrackCurrent
October 1998
- RFC 2648A URN Namespace for IETF DocumentsUpdated
August 1999
- RFC 1718The Tao of IETF - A Guide for New Attendees of the Internet Engineering Task ForceObsoleted
November 1994
- RFC 2339An Agreement Between the Internet Society, the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the matter of NFS V.4 ProtocolsCurrent
May 1998
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