On Sep 4, 2012, at 4:20 AM, Alessandro Vesely <vesely@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The first paragraph says: > > Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF, its Areas, > and its Working Groups. In addition, other groups, including the IAB > and the IRTF Research Groups, distribute working documents as I-Ds. > > After all the groups, I'd add "and individuals". +1. Internet Drafts are also required for publication in the Independent Submission stream of RFCs. They are also used by individuals who make proposals that they hope will later become WG items, but are not "working documents" of the WG when they are written. --Paul Hoffman