The evolution and specialization of IETF standards
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2014
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IGI Global
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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specification documents corpus spans three decades of Internet standards production. This chapter summarizes the results of an exploratory study on this corpus for understanding how this system of standards and its production have evolved in time. This study takes an alternative perspective, which considers a system like IETF as an organization itself, rather than a constellation of extra-organizational activities. Thus, how it works and evolves are examined with respect to its endogenous dynamics rather than by taking it as a system, which responds to requirements coming from the external environment. The author conducts a longitudinal examination of several features of these documents, their authorship, their dependency and collaboration network structure, and topics. They present a review of how the standards corpus evolves into specialized subsystems and a commentary of findings towards monitoring and managing such standardization processes. © 2015, IGI Global.
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Collaboration Network, Endogenous Dynamics, Exploratory Studies, External Environments, Internet Engineering Task Forces, Internet Standard, Organizational Activities, Standardization Process, Standards
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Modern Trends Surrounding Information Technology Standards and Standardization within Organizations
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