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type: website This online resource is the central hub for authors of Internet-Drafts (I-Ds), providing them with essential information and tools to write and draft their documents. The site introduces Internet-Drafts, explaining their role as the basic work items of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The site is divided into various sections, including 'Getting started', 'Content guidelines', 'Key processes', and 'Resources'. These sections cover topics such as choosing a toolchain, drafting in different formats, content guidelines, document validation, and RFC publication. The site also includes a 'Tools catalog' and references to detailed documentation for RFCXML. The site has replaced the functionality of tools.ietf.org, which has been decommissioned, with the interactive tools now available at author-tools.ietf.org, and the catalog of tools and RFCXML documentation now at