Four document types are defined at present:
- Informational: To inform the community about a useful idea or set of ideas.
- Experimental: To inform the community about a useful experiment, testbed, or implementation of an idea or set of ideas.
- Community Practice: To inform the community of common practice or process, with the objective to influence the community.
- Recommendations: To document a specification, analogous to an Internet Standards track document. OGF Recommendations are initially designated as "proposed," and following further experience and review may become full OGF recommendations.