If you are interested in developing an IPFS implementation or are currently engaged in such work, the IPFS design standards and architectural specifications available at specs.ipfs.tech serve as a valuable resource. Specifically, the following resources are recommended as excellent starting points:

• IPFS Principles: This section, accessible at IPFS Principles, offers context and detailed information regarding the fundamental IPFS principles of content-addressing and transport-agnosticism. The document outlines the criteria for what constitutes an IPFS implementation.

• Meta: The Meta section provides essential non-technical information for contributors, including core project values, the governance model, document production guidelines, and more.

• InterPlanetary Improvement Proposals (IPIPs): The IPIPs represent a focused, transparent, community-driven process for discussions on protocol design. While they do not directly alter the specification, their approval can lead to changes in the specification.

In addition to these foundational documents, specs.ipfs.tech also includes standards for IPFS subsystems such as the InterPlanetary Naming System (InterPlanetary Naming System) and HTTP Gateways (HTTP Gateways).