The specification documents of the Internet protocol suite, as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and its steering group (the IESG), are published as RFCs.
The RFC Editor is the publisher of the RFCs and is responsible for the final editorial review of the documents. The RFC Editor is chartered by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Federal Network Council (FNC).
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As time goes by, there are more and more RFCs produced as shown in the chart