IETF Community Tools

Internet-Drafts | Meetings | Mailing Lists | IPR | Liaisons

Internet-Drafts Tools

Internet-Drafts Database Interface: This tool provides detailed information about all Internet-Drafts that are stored in the Internet-Drafts database. Users can display Internet-Drafts by category (e.g., "All," "Active," "Published," or "Expired/Withdrawn/Replaced"), sorted either by submission date or filename, view Internet-Drafts that are products of an IETF working group, an independent submitter, or another IETF or IETF-related entity, or search for Internet-Drafts based on one or more search parameters.

I-D Submission Tool: The I-D Submission Tool is a Web-based application that will allow an IETF participant to submit an Internet-Draft online, obtain approval to post the draft (if necessary), and make the draft immediately available to the community on the IETF web site without the assistance of the Secretariat (in most cases).

I-D Tracker: This tool provides detailed information about Internet-Drafts that are currently being evaluated by the IESG for publication as RFCs, or that were evaluated by the IESG for publication in the past. A user can search for Internet-Drafts by filename, or by a variety of other search criteria (e.g., working group, IETF area, or "shepherding" AD). In addition to information such as "Intended Status" and "I-D Tracker State," the tool provides AD ballot positions and comments on the documents, where available.

IESG I-D Tracker: An account is required to access this tool. This Web tool supports the IESG as it evaluates Internet-Drafts that have been submitted for publication as RFCs. Each Internet-Draft is assigned to a "shepherding" Area Director, who uses the tool to perform tasks such as requesting a "Last Call," preparing the ballot write-up, forwarding the document to the IESG for evaluation, placing it on the agenda for an upcoming IESG teleconference, preparing RFC Editor notes, and so forth. Once an Internet-Draft has been added to the tracker, the "shepherding" AD as well as the other Area Directors can use the tool to record comments on the document via a web page provided for that purpose. The tool also features a web-based balloting interface where the Area Directors can mark their positions with respect to publishing the document, and record ballot-specific comments and discuss text. The ballot positions and most of the comments about an Internet-Draft that the Area Directors record in the IESG I-D Tracker are available to the community through the IETF I-D Tracker.

Internet-Draft Initial Version Approval Tracker: An account is required to access this tool. This tool provides a web interface where working group chairs can approve or pre-approve the posting of version -00 working group Internet-Drafts.

Meeting Tools

IETF Meeting Session Requester: An account is required to access this tool. This tool allows the chairs of all active IETF working groups, IETF area groups, IRTF research groups, and IESG teams to submit all of the information that the Secretariat requires to schedule sessions at IETF meetings. The chairs can use the tool to request a new session, modify the requirements for a previously requested session, or cancel a session. Once a request is submitted, the group will appear on the user's main page of the IETF Meeting Materials Manager, so that he or she can upload an agenda. The secretaries of all active IETF working groups may also use this tool.

IETF Meeting Materials Manager: An account is required to access this tool. This tool allows those members of the community who chair sessions at IETF meetings to make their meeting materials (agendas, presentation slides, and minutes) available to the community before, during, and after an IETF meeting (as appropriate), and to submit them to the Secretariat for inclusion in the IETF meeting proceedings. The chairs of all active IETF working groups, IETF area groups, IRTF research groups, IESG teams, and BOFs may have accounts on this tool. The secretaries of all active IETF working groups may also use the tool.

Mailing List Tools

Mailing List Request Tool: This tool provides an interface for requesting that a mailing list be hosted at the ietf.org domain. The tool allows a user to enter all of the information required by the Secretariat to create a new mailing list at ietf.org, or to move an existing mailing list to ietf.org. It may be used to request discussion lists for IETF working groups, or to request mailing lists for other IETF activities. A request to create a mailing list that is not the primary discussion list for a working group must be approved by an IETF Area Director, the IETF Chair, or the IAB Chair. The tool allows a user to request and obtain approval for the mailing list, if required.

Non-WG Mailing List Submission Page: This tool provides an interface for adding an active Non-WG mailing list to the IETF Non-WG Mailing Lists Web page, for updating the information on an existing entry, and for deleting an existing entry. A request to add a mailing list to this Web page, or to update or delete an existing entry, must be approved by an IETF Area Director, and the tool allows a user to request and obtain that approval. When a request has been approved, the action requested is performed immediately without intervention by the Secretariat.

IPR Tools

IPR Disclosure Page: This tool provides an interface for submitting an intellectual property rights (IPR) disclosure or updating an existing IPR disclosure. It also allows a user to view all IPR disclosures that have been submitted to the IETF, and to Search for IPR disclosures by various search parameters (i.e., disclosures related to an Internet-Draft, RFC, or working group, or submitted by a specific patent owner or applicant, or containing key words in the document title). The IETF intellectual property rights rules are defined in RFC 3979, "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology."

Liaison Tools

Liaison Statement Manager: An account is required to access this tool. This tool is intended to be an alternative to e-mail for sending liaison statements to the IETF from standards development organizations (SDOs) with which the IETF has a formal liaison relationship, and from the IETF to any SDO. Any liaison statement created with the tool is posted on the IETF Liaison Statements Web page as soon as it is submitted, without intervention by the Secretariat. To request an account on this tool, please send a message to ietf-action@ietf.org. Accounts on this tool require the approval of the IAB Chair.