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concentrates on standardizing Web technologies. W3C promotes the dissemination<br />

<strong>of</strong> open, license-free, and manufacturer-independent specifications, such as HTML,<br />

XHTML, and XML. These Web standards are developed in a four-stage process<br />

in working groups and are presented to the public as W3C recommendations (REC).<br />

http://www.oasis-open.org<br />

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Structured Information Standards)<br />

is an international consortium specializing in the development <strong>of</strong> standards for Web<br />

security, e-business, business transactions, logistics, and interoperability between<br />

various markets.<br />

http://www.ietf.org<br />

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an internationally active cooperative<br />

<strong>of</strong> researchers, network designers, suppliers, and users. It concentrates on the development<br />

<strong>of</strong> Internet architecture and the smooth operation <strong>of</strong> the Internet by<br />

means <strong>of</strong> protocols.<br />

Every IETF standard is published as an RFC (Request for Comments) and is<br />

available free-<strong>of</strong>-charge. There are six types <strong>of</strong> RFC: proposed standards, draft<br />

standards, Internet standards, experimental protocols, information documents, and<br />

historic standards. Only the first three (proposed, draft, and full) are IETF standards<br />

in the narrower sense (see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1796.txt).<br />

http://www.ieee.org<br />

The Institute <strong>of</strong> Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an organization that<br />

draws up standards in the areas <strong>of</strong> information technology, telecommunication,<br />

medicine and health care, transport, and others. IEEE standards are subject to a<br />

fee.<br />

http://www.iso.org<br />

The ISO Committee (International Organization for Standards) is the world's largest<br />

developer <strong>of</strong> standards and maintains a network <strong>of</strong> national standardization institutes<br />

in over 140 countries. ISO standards are subject to a fee.<br />

http://www.din.de, http://www.din.com<br />

The Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) is a registered technical and scientific<br />

association. It was founded in 1917. According to DIN, the organization is “the<br />

institution responsible for standards in Germany and represents German interests<br />

in worldwide and European standards organizations.”

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