A Mission Statement for the IETF

Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions

“…According to its Mission Statement [RFC3935], the IETF produces high quality, relevant technical and engineering documents, including protocol standards. The mission statement goes on to say that the benefit of these standards to the Internet "is in interoperability -that multiple products implementing a standard are able to work together in order to deliver valuable functions to the Internet's users".…”

The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force

“…It is the principal body engaged in the development of new Internet standard specifications. The IETF is unusual in that it exists as a collection of happenings, but is not a corporation and has no board of directors, no members, and no dues; see [BCP95], "A Mission Statement for the IETF", for more detail. The IETF meeting is not a conference, although there are technical presentations.…”

Procedures for Protocol Extensions and Variations

“…According to its Mission Statement [RFC3935], the IETF produces high quality, relevant technical and engineering documents, including protocol standards. The mission statement goes on to say that the benefit of these standards to the Internet "is in interoperabilitythat multiple products implementing a standard are able to work together in order to deliver valuable functions to the Internet's users".…”