TCP/IP Guide

Networking Industry Groups

While most open standards are coordinated and published by a small number of large, often international, standards organizations, these are not the only groups involved in the development of standards for networking and Internet technologies. Many different networking industry groups play an important role in the standard creation process.

Networking industry groups differ in a few ways from standards organizations. They are typically dedicated to the promotion of a specific technology, whereas standards organizations are more generic and oversee hundreds of different ones. Industry groups are also generally smaller than standards organizations, with members drawn primarily from the field of developers and manufacturers ...