internet-draft
     
        i-d a draft working document of the internet engineering
        task force, its areas, and its working groups.  as the name
        implies, internet-drafts are purely discussion documents with
        no formal status.  they are valid for a maximum of six months
        and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents
        at any time.  very often, an i-d is a precursor to a request
        for comments.
     
        1994-12-08
     
     
see also:
internet engineering task force request for comments