Research Guides: Technical Standards: ICT Standards

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Many of these standards are freely available from various sources:

Internet Standards
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), part of Internet Society, coordinates the development of voluntary Internet Standards that allow for international communications between autonomous and interconnected networks.
USB Standards
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) facilitates the development of high-quality compatible USB peripherals (devices), and promotes the benefits of USB and the quality of products that have passed compliance testing.
Internet of Things (IoT) Standards
IEEE standards related to IoT. Standards are available through IEEE Xplore database.

System Packet Interface (SPI) Standards

These standards specify chip-to-chip, channelized, packet interfaces commonly used in synchronous optical networking and Ethernet applications.

Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) Interoperability Agreements
Specifications for optical networking technologies, including the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).
System Management Bus (SMBus)
Specifications for System Management Bus (SMBus).
I2C Bus Specifications
Specifications developed by NXP Semiconductors
CFR Title 47 Telecommunication
Code of Federal Regulations related to telecommunications.

Software Standards

Standards for cloud computing, software engineering, encryption and cryptography, IT security.

W3C standards
W3C standards define an Open Web Platform for application development.