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| Abbreviation | IRTF |
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| Purpose | Promoting research into the evolution of the Internet. |
Region served | Worldwide |
IRTF Chair | Colin Perkins |
Parent organization | Internet Architecture Board |
| Website | irtf.org |
The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) is an organization, overseen by the Internet Architecture Board, that focuses on longer-term research issues related to the Internet. A parallel organization, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards making.
The IRTF promotes research of importance to the evolution of the Internet by creating focused, long-term research groups working on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and technology.[1][2][3] Unlike the IETF, the task force does not set standards[4] and there is no explicit outcome expected of IRTF research groups.
- ^ "Acronyms and Terms". www.icann.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Internet Research Task Force". Internet Society. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Definition of Internet Research Task Force". PCMAG. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Differences between IRTF and IETF Groups". IAB Thoughts on the Role of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). sec. 2.1. doi:10.17487/RFC4440. RFC 4440.