The Internet Engineering Task Force is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite. It has no formal membership roster or requirements and all its participants... Wikipedia
Parent organization: Internet Society
Subsidiaries: Internet Architecture Board, Internet Research Task Force, Internet Engineering Steering Group, and more
Founded: January 14, 1986
Abbreviation: IETF
Purpose: Creating voluntary standards to maintain and improve the usability and interoperability of the Internet