INTERNET STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS

 

ECMA - European
Computer Manufacturer's Association

            ECMA, known for its ECMAScript standard, is an international
association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of information
and communication systems.

 http://www.ecma-international.org/

IANA - Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority

            By tracking valid protocol values, MIME types, and other Internet
numbers, IANA preserves the central coordinating functions of the Internet.

 http://www.iana.org/

ICANN - Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers

            ICANN is a non-profit corporation that was formed to assume
responsibility for the allocation or management of domain names, IP addresses,
protocols, and root servers.

 http://www.icann.org/

IETF - Internet Engineering
Task Force

            The IETF is a large, open, and international community of Internet
professionals concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the
smooth operation of the Internet.

 http://www.ietf.org/

ISOC - Internet Society

            The ISOC is a professional membership society providing leadership
in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet and is the
organization home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure
standards.

 http://www.isoc.org/

NIST - National Institute of
Standards and Technology

            The NIST is a federal technology agency that works with industry to
develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.

 http://www.nist.gov/

NSSN: National Resource for
Global Standards

            NSSN serves as a central point to search for standards information
from many sources and serves as an important gateway connecting those who seek
standards to those that supply them.

 http://www.nssn.org/

OpenStandards.net

            OpenStandards.net is a not-for-profit organization connecting people
to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.

 http://www.openstandards.net/

Portable Application Standards
Committee

            Source for all information about the IEEE PASC Family of standards,
PASC meetings, and other related materials. Includes IEEE POSIX.

 http://www.pasc.org/

The Organisation for the
advancement of Structured Information Standards

            OASIS is a non-profit, international consortium that creates
interoperable industry specifications based on public standards such as XML and
SGML. OASIS members include organizations and individuals who provide, use and
specialize in implementing the technologies that make these standards work in
practice.

 http://www.oasis-open.org/

United Nations Centre for
Trade Facilitations and Electronic Business

            This group works to improve the ability of business, trade and
administrative organizations to exchange products and services. It encourages
organizations to contribute and help develops its recommendations and standards.

 http://www.unece.org/cefact/

W3C - The World Wide Web
Consortium

            The W3C was founded in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to
its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and
ensure its interoperability.

 http://www.w3.org/

XNS Public Trust Organization

            The XNS Public Trust Organization works with the Internet community
to determine the future direction of the open Extensible Name Service (XNS)
protocol. XNS is an open, XML-based protocol for identifying and linking any
resource participating in any kind of digital transaction.

 http://www.xns.org/