Article #1200 - IETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a long-standing, overarching, international Internet standards body. Its Internet Architecture Board may provide an effective gateway for GridWise™ architecture efforts to communicate with various specific efforts within the IETF. IETF has produced and maintains numerous key internet technology standards (such as TCP/IP), which grid communications rely on. Current IETF efforts are addressing many issues relevant to GridWise: EDI via internet, trade protocols, zero configuration and service discovery, secure and available credentials, network time-stamping, digital signatures, IPv6...and many others.

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	IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force
Overview	The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
Significance for GridWise	Average+
Industry Sector(s)	IT, Internet
Geopolitical Reach	International
Type of Standards Body	Loose, very open Consortia-type group
Relevant Standards and Work Groups	IAB--Internet Architecture Board. Application area: Electronic Data Interchange-Internet Integration ( IETF ediint, Electronic Data Interchange-Internet Integration ediint). Application area: Geographic Location/Privacy ( ATIS geopriv). Security area:Securely Available Credentials ( IETF, sacred: Securely Available Credentials sacred). Other IETF areas with aspects relevant to GridWise: Operations and Management, Transport, and Routing areas. (For example, IPv6).
Design Center	IP Protocols, naming conventions, addressing on the internet…
Interrelations	Now, IETF is legally under Internet Society. W3C, UN/CEFACT, DISA
Contact Information	IETF, The Internet Engineering Task Force