ISO takes a minimum of one 4-year period to get a standard out, and is
frequently much slower (I stand to be flamed :-). IETF also frequently
takes years, especially where there are a lot of people involved - which is
truer of higher layer standards than lower layer standards which it
generally does really well. For example URL's have only just been
standardised, after about 3 or more years of discussion.
>
>Defacto standards are often formalized by one of the formal standards
>bodies because at some point, that becomes desirable, usually to handle
>administration once the whiz-kids go home (yep, that's what they call us).
Yes - formalisation is usefull, but only after they are fairly solid.
- Mitra
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