Internet Organizations and Standards

Internet Organizations and Standards
There is a whole host of standards committees working on the development of networking specifications and standards. The table below lists the important groups in this area:
Standards Organization
Definition
Web Site
Technologies
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
http://www.iso.org
The International Standardization Organization defined the OSI network. The OSI Model is now commonly used.
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
http://www.ieee.org
IEEE is responsible for LAN standards and hardware specifications: Ethernet, Token Ring, MAN, Wireless LAN, Broadband.
IAB
Internet Architecture Board
http://www.iab.org
The IAB is responsible for editorial management of RFCs and appoints the IETF chair.
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
http://www.ietf.org
Internet standards-RFCs can be found at the IETF.
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
http://www.iana.org
As the name says-IANA is assigning Internet numbers like reserved IP address ranges, port numbers, protocol numbers, and so on.
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
http://www.w3.org
The W3C is active developing Internet Technologies: HTTP, HTML, XML, SOAP, and so on