draft standard (DS)

A Draft Standard(DS) is a draft standardization document. In the case of the Internet standards described in the Request for Comments( RFC), this has a minimum duration of four months.

Prerequisites for a Draft Standard are demonstrations and experience of at least two independent implementations. Prerequisites for a Draft Standard are recommendation by the Internet Engineering Steering Group( IESG), technical maturity, and practical testing.

From Proposed Standard to Standard

The preliminary stage for a draft standard, known as a Draft Standard, is a Proposed Standard( PS); the realization of a Draft Standard is the actual standard.