Network Working Group
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The Network Working Group was an early collaborative body of researchers and engineers that developed and documented foundational protocols and standards for the ARPANET, which evolved into today’s Internet.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Network Working Group canonical | 9 |
| ARPANET Network Working Group | 2 |
| IETF Network Working Group | 2 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
research collaboration
ⓘ
technical working group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
| contributedTo |
design of packet-switched networking protocols
ⓘ
evolution of the Internet architecture ⓘ standardization of host-to-host communication on ARPANET ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed |
early Internet protocols
ⓘ
foundational ARPANET protocols ⓘ |
| documentationPractice |
iterative community review via RFCs
ⓘ
open publication of protocol specifications ⓘ |
| field |
computer networking
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ internet engineering ⓘ |
| influenced |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
modern Internet standards ⓘ |
| legacy |
established the RFC process
ⓘ
provided foundation for later Internet standards bodies ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Jon Postel
ⓘ
Leonard Kleinrock ⓘ Steve Crocker ⓘ Vinton Cerf ⓘ
surface form:
Vint Cerf
others ARPANET researchers and engineers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
RFCs
ⓘ
surface form:
Request for Comments series
|
| operatedOnNetwork | ARPANET ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
ARPANET
ⓘ
surface form:
ARPANET project
|
| purpose |
to coordinate development of ARPANET protocols
ⓘ
to document network protocols and standards ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| usedMedium | Request for Comments documents ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
RFC
this entity surface form:
ARPANET Network Working Group
this entity surface form:
IETF Network Working Group
this entity surface form:
ARPANET Network Working Group
SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
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standardizedBy
→
Network Working Group
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this entity surface form:
IETF Network Working Group