Internet standard
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... The seemingly obscure topic of standards is actually illuminating
when the subject is Internet Standards, because the processes that
produce them reflect how the whole network works: by the efforts of
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... publishing standards online, and an in-depth examination of the
IETF standards process used to produce Internet Standards. Also
includes an Internet growth graph.
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... Reading, MA, 1993. $40, ISBN 0-201-56741-5.
A description of the process that produces Internet Standards, and
some other user level material in addition to protocol material.
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