Technology Standards

IETF Internet Standards

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) produces Internet Standards (STDs) and Best Current Practices (BCPs) covering core internet protocols including HTTP, TLS, OAuth, OpenID Connect, JSON, and many more. IETF RFCs form the normative basis for most web API standards. Key API-related RFCs include RFC 9110 (HTTP Semantics), RFC 6749 (OAuth 2.0), RFC 7519 (JWT), RFC 7946 (GeoJSON), and RFC 8259 (JSON).

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.ietf.org/standards/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/technology-standards/refs/heads/main/openapi/technology-standards-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Website
https://www.ietf.org/
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API
https://datatracker.ietf.org/api/v1/

OpenAPI Specification

technology-standards-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: IETF Datatracker API
  description: |
    Read-only REST API for the IETF Datatracker, exposing IETF documents,
    working groups, meetings, IPR disclosures, and related metadata.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: IETF Datatracker
    url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/
x-generated-from: https://datatracker.ietf.org/api/v1
x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08
servers:
  - url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/api/v1
    description: IETF Datatracker API root
paths:
  /doc/:
    get:
      summary: List documents
      operationId: listDocuments
      tags:
        - Documents
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: offset
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: format
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum: [json, xml]
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /doc/document/:
    get:
      summary: List document records
      operationId: listDocumentRecords
      tags:
        - Documents
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: offset
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /doc/docevent/:
    get:
      summary: List document events
      operationId: listDocEvents
      tags:
        - Documents
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /group/:
    get:
      summary: List groups (working groups, areas, etc.)
      operationId: listGroups
      tags:
        - Groups
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: offset
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /meeting/:
    get:
      summary: List IETF meetings
      operationId: listMeetings
      tags:
        - Meetings
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /person/:
    get:
      summary: List persons
      operationId: listPersons
      tags:
        - People
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /ipr/:
    get:
      summary: List IPR disclosures
      operationId: listIprDisclosures
      tags:
        - IPR
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /submit/:
    get:
      summary: List document submissions
      operationId: listSubmissions
      tags:
        - Submissions
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /name/:
    get:
      summary: List name/enum reference values
      operationId: listNames
      tags:
        - Reference
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /liaisons/:
    get:
      summary: List liaison statements
      operationId: listLiaisons
      tags:
        - Liaisons
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /message/:
    get:
      summary: List messages
      operationId: listMessages
      tags:
        - Messages
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /review/:
    get:
      summary: List reviews
      operationId: listReviews
      tags:
        - Reviews
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
  /stats/:
    get:
      summary: Statistics resources
      operationId: listStats
      tags:
        - Stats
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CollectionResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            limit:
              type: integer
            next:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            offset:
              type: integer
            previous:
              type: string
              nullable: true
            total_count:
              type: integer
        objects:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
tags:
  - name: Documents
    description: Internet-Drafts, RFCs, and document events
  - name: Groups
    description: Working groups, research groups, and other IETF groups
  - name: Meetings
    description: IETF meetings and sessions
  - name: People
    description: People in the IETF community
  - name: IPR
    description: Intellectual property rights disclosures
  - name: Submissions
    description: Document submissions
  - name: Reference
    description: Reference and enumeration values
  - name: Liaisons
    description: Liaison statements
  - name: Messages
    description: Email messages and announcements
  - name: Reviews
    description: Document reviews
  - name: Stats
    description: Statistics resources