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concentrates on standardizing Web technologies. W3C promotes the dissemination
of open, license-free, and manufacturer-independent specifications, such as HTML,
XHTML, and XML. These Web standards are developed in a four-stage process
in working groups and are presented to the public as W3C recommendations (REC).
http://www.oasis-open.org
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)
is an international consortium specializing in the development of standards for Web
security, e-business, business transactions, logistics, and interoperability between
various markets.
http://www.ietf.org
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an internationally active cooperative
of researchers, network designers, suppliers, and users. It concentrates on the de-
velopment of Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet by
means of protocols.
Every IETF standard is published as an RFC (Request for Comments) and is
available free-of-charge. There are six types of RFC: proposed standards, draft
standards, Internet standards, experimental protocols, information documents, and
historic standards. Only the first three (proposed, draft, and full) are IETF standards
in the narrower sense (see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1796.txt).
http://www.ieee.org
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an organization that
draws up standards in the areas of information technology, telecommunication,
medicine and health care, transport, and others. IEEE standards are subject to a
fee.
http://www.iso.org
The ISO Committee (International Organization for Standards) is the world's largest
developer of standards and maintains a network of national standardization institutes
in over 140 countries. ISO standards are subject to a fee.
http://www.din.de
The Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) is a registered technical and scientific
association. It was founded in 1917. According to DIN, the organization is "the
institution responsible for standards in Germany and represents German interests
in worldwide and European standards organizations."
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http://www.din.com