Standards and Protocols in Data Communications
David Cook · The Internet Encyclopedia · 2004
Abstract This chapter focuses on the importance of open standards in the development of today's interoperable and global Internet. It provides an introduction to the most important standards bodies and their historical background in the world of data communications. The standard protocols and, in particular, those associated with the Internet are covered in detail. A variety of applications have been spawned specifically for the Internet as it has matured; these vary from the functionality required for good system management to the WWW. This chapter discusses the new and emerging standards associated with e‐ and m‐commerce. Currently the demand for wireless applications is spawning a considerable number of variations on existing protocols and several emerging new ones. These later applications are dependent upon a variety of multimedia approaches to file interchange that have become increasingly popular as Web services.