Learning Notebook - David Rostcheck
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The role of Internet Engineering Task Force is not, as it’s name might suggest, to design and construct computer networks. Its role is not in fact to perform or even oversee engineering-related activities. Its role is one level removed, namely to produce workable specifications that not only allow others to design and construct functional computer networks, but also to produce specifications that allow independently produced artefacts that comply with such specifications to interoperate in intended ways. The IETF is a Standards Development Organization, and its role is to develop standards.
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Ends up deciding it is not mature enough to declare as a standard, even though it is being widely adopted
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