Editing History of the Internet (section)

====RFCs====
[[Request for Comments|RFCs]] are the main documentation for the work of the IAB, IESG, IETF, and IRTF.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RFCs |url=https://www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=IETF |language=en}}</ref> Originally intended as requests for comments, RFC 1, "Host Software", was written by Steve Crocker at [[UCLA]] in April 1969. These technical memos documented aspects of ARPANET development. They were edited by [[Jon Postel]], the first [[RFC Editor]].<ref name=FYI17/><ref name="RFC4844">{{cite ietf |title=The RFC Series and RFC Editor |author=L. Daigle |rfc=4844 |date=July 2007}}</ref>

RFCs cover a wide range of information from proposed standards, draft standards, full standards, best practices, experimental protocols, history, and other informational topics.<ref>{{cite ietf |title=Not All RFCs are Standards |author=C. Huitema |author2=J. Postel |author3=S. Crocker |rfc=1796 |date= April 1995}}</ref> RFCs can be written by individuals or informal groups of individuals, but many are the product of a more formal Working Group. Drafts are submitted to the IESG either by individuals or by the Working Group Chair. An RFC Editor, appointed by the IAB, separate from IANA, and working in conjunction with the IESG, receives drafts from the IESG and edits, formats, and publishes them. Once an RFC is published, it is never revised. If the standard it describes changes or its information becomes obsolete, the revised standard or updated information will be re-published as a new RFC that "obsoletes" the original.<ref name=FYI17/><ref name=RFC4844/>