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.