Line 24: |
Line 24: |
| IETF's mission is to further enhance the Internet by developing high quality, relevant technical documents that stimulate and influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF mission]</ref> | | IETF's mission is to further enhance the Internet by developing high quality, relevant technical documents that stimulate and influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF mission]</ref> |
| | | |
− | The IETF has become part of [[ISOC|The Internet Society]], which is a non-profit organization created in 1992 to ensure leadership in Internet-related standards, education, and policy. The main objective of [[ISOC]] is to ensure an open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF part of ISOC]</ref> | + | The IETF has become part of [[ISOC|The Internet Society]], which is a non-profit organization created in 1992 to ensure leadership in Internet-related standards, education, and policy. The main objective of [[ISOC]] is to ensure an open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/ IETF part of ISOC]</ref> In 2018, the Internet Society formed a single-member LLC, [[IETF Administration LLC]],<ref>[https://ietf.org/media/documents/IETF_LLC_Certificate_of_Formation.pdf IETF LLC Certificate of Formation]</ref> to provide a corporate home and administrative support for the IETF, the [[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]], and the [[IRTF|Internet Research Task Force]].<ref>[https://ietf.org/about/administration/overview/ IETF LLC Overview on IETF.org]</ref> |
| | | |
| ==IETF History== | | ==IETF History== |
Line 30: |
Line 30: |
| | | |
| ==IETF Working Groups== | | ==IETF Working Groups== |
− | The work of IETF is divided between working groups, which are organized around specific topics. Participation in the working group is provided by volunteers; so when there is a small number of volunteers the results can be slowed down due to lack of progress. Similarly, when the number of volunteers is too large there can be problems since a consensus is harder to achieve. There are also cases when volunteers lack experience and basic knowledge in the specific area needed. | + | The work of IETF is divided between working groups, which are organized around specific topic areas. Each topic area is managed by an Area Director (AD) who are members of [[IESG|Internet Engineering Steering Group]]. The AD is responsible for appointing a chairperson to lead each working group, and in some cases, co-chairs.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/old/2009/overview.html IETF organization]</ref> Current working groups are listed on the [https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker].<ref>[https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ IETF Datatracker]</ref> |
| | | |
− | Each working group is managed by an Area Director (AD) who are members of [[IESG|Internet Engineering Steering Group]]. The AD is responsible for appointing a chairperson to lead each working group, and in some cases, co-chairs.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/old/2009/overview.html IETF organization]</ref>
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | ! Area !! Area Director(s) |
| + | |- |
| + | | Applications and Real-Time Area (art) || [[Murray Kucherawy]], [[Barry Leiba]] |
| + | |- |
| + | | General Area (gen) || [[Alissa Cooper]] |
| + | |- |
| + | | Internet Area (int) || [[Erik Kline]], [[Éric Vyncke]] |
| + | |- |
| + | | Operations and Management Area (ops) || [[Warren Kumari]], [[Robert Wilton]] |
| + | |- |
| + | | Routing Area (rtg) || [[Deborah Brungard]], [[Alvaro Retana]], [[Martin Vigoureux]] |
| + | |- |
| + | | Security Area (sec) || [[Roman Danyliw]], [[Benjamin Kaduk]] |
| + | |- |
| + | | Transport Area (tsv) || [[Martin Duke]], [[Magnus Westerlund]] |
| + | |} |
| | | |
| ==References== | | ==References== |