Standardisation

Community

• Library groups

• Cultural Heritage

• Government

W3C

• Produces W3C Recommendations
• Managed approach
• Protocols initially developed by W3C members
• Decisions made by W3C, influenced by member & public review

IETF

• Produces Internet Drafts on Internet protocols
• Bottom-up approach to developments
• Protocols developed by interested individuals
• "Rough consensus and working code"

Formal

• Formal international/ national standards processes
• ISO, CEN, NISO, ECMA, ANSI, BSI…
• Can be slow-moving and bureaucratic
• Produce robust standards

PNG

HTML

HTTP

HTTP

URNwhois++

Proprietary

• De facto standards
• Often initially appealing (cf PowerPoint, PDF)
• May emerge as standards

RelevantBodies

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