Standards Reference

A selection of further readings

• Standards Organizations & Related

Standards Organizations & Related

Organizations and institutions who play a vital role in the development of the web

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

[EN]

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.

http://www.ansi.org/

DCMI - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

[EN]

The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices.

http://dublincore.org/

ECMA - European Association for standardizing Information and Communication Systems

[EN]

Ecma International is an industry association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Systems. The aims of Ecma are: To develop, in co-operation with the appropriate National, European and International organizations Standards and Technical Reports in order to facilitate and standardize the use of ICT systems. To encourage the correct use of Standards by influencing the environment in which they are applied. To publish these Standards and Technical Reports in electronic and printed form; the publications can be freely copied by all interested parties without restrictions.

(ECMA was formerly known as European Computer Manufacturers Association.)

http://www.ecma-international.org/

IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

[EN]

Dedicated to preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good.

http://www.iana.org/

IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force

[EN]

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.

http://www.ietf.org/

ISO - International Organisation for Standardization

[EN]

ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.

http://www.iso.org/

W3C - World Wide Web Consortium

[EN]

By promoting interoperability and encouraging an open forum for discussion, W3C commits to leading the technical evolution of the Web. In just over seven years, W3C has developed more than fifty technical specifications for the Web's infrastructure. However, the Web is still young and there is still a lot of work to do, especially as computers, telecommunications, and multimedia technologies converge. To meet the growing expectations of users and the increasing power of machines, W3C is already laying the foundations for the next generation of the Web. W3C's technologies will help make the Web a robust, scalable, and adaptive infrastructure for a world of information. To understand how W3C pursues this mission, it is useful to understand the Consortium's goals and driving principles.

http://www.w3.org/

Unicode Consortium

[EN/DE]

The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization founded to develop, extend and promote use of the Unicode Standard, which specifies the representation of text in modern software products and standards.

http://www.unicode.org/

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