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SDO ETSI IEEE-SA IETF W3C Bluetooth SIG
NSOs, network operators, service firms, corporations, or other legal
provides, manufacturers, users, individual experts/professionals, commercial no formal membership, individuals wishing to organizations, in some cases also individual
Members entities with a demonstrated interest in
research bodies, administrations, entities, trade associations governmental agencies contribute join the mailing lists of working groups experts the activities of the consortium
governmental bodies
4 host organizations (non-Members); etity-
full (CEPT countries); associates and Promoters (voting members), Associate
Membership types individual or corporate N.A. members; member consortium; affiliate
observers (non-voting) Members and Adopter Members
members (individual experts)
software engineers, individuals affiliated with network Associate Members and Promoters in
Contributors to standards full and associate members (via individuals and entities (via representatives), no operators and networking hard-and software vendors, organizations via Working Groups, and all membership in
development representatives) prior membership required representatives;individuals
academics, representatives of computer and trade press Expert or Study Groups.
* IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws (policies for
management and standards establishment) - SASB,
Standing Committees and BoG; The Advisory Board’s Process Task Force
Body/bodies reponsible to develop and Dedicated Working Groups, deciding by consensus; the Board of Directors, typically by
update rules, procedures and policies General Assembly *IEEE-SA SASB Operations Manual (working rules are published as BCP RFCs in the Revising W3C Process Community unanimous consent
procedures for SASB) - SASB; Group; approved by the W3C Membership
*IEEE-SA Operations Manual (objectives of IEEE
standardization) - BoG
*BoG - members elected s by IEEE voting
Members of the policy-making all full and associate members; members; *SASB- appointed by the BoG; Members of the dedicated Working Group(s) Advisory Board: elected by Advisory All Promoters and up to 4 Associate
body/bodies voting by qualified majority *Standing Committees - members appointed by Committe (all W3C Members) Member Directors
SASB chair
General Assembly assists in finding Advisory Board, after Working Group
Dispute settlement and appeal mediators (typically other ETSI SASB; final appeals handeled by BoG IAOC and IESG; the final and highest appeal body is Chair and Domain Leader were N.A.
body/bodies IAB
Members or the Secretariat) unsuccessful
*IAOC- volunteers selected directly or indirectly by the
IETF community and ex officio members from ISOC
and IETF leadership;
*SASB appeal - SASB members appointed by the
apppointed by the General *IESG - IETF Chair, the Area Directors (AD) selected
Members of the dispute settlement Assembly/selected by parties in SASB Chair; by the Nominating Committee and approved by the elected by Advisory Committe (all W3C N.A.
and appeal body/bodies * BoG appeal - three voting members of the IEEE- Members)
conflict IAB;
SA BOG
*IAB-members selected by the Nominations
Committee and approved by the ISOC Board, and the
IETF chair with no voting power
Body/bodies responsible for standards For EN: General Assembly SASB (advised by Standing Committees), after IESG, after an IETF-wide Last Call (applies only for Advisory Committee Board of Directors, typically by
approval sponsor balloting and public review approval of Internet Standards) majority voting
Members of standards approving For EN: the votes of National SASB- appointed by the BoG; IETF Chair, the Area Directors (AD) selected by the All W3C Members All Promoters and up to 4 Associate
body/bodies Delegations count Nominating Committee and approved by the IAB Member Directors
Fig. 1. Comparison table of governance processes, dispute settlement and standard-setting of ETSI, IEEE-SA, IETF, W3C and
Bluetooth SIG

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