Chinese researchers and institutions have been making more contributions to the setting of internet standards. A total of 17 Request For Comments (RFC) internet standard documents have been mainly written by Chinese researchers or institutions.
In 2010 they made key contributions to nine such documents, according to figures announced late last week at an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting, China.org.cn reported.
RFC documents are the official records for internet specifications, protocols, procedures and events which, after discussion, are sometimes adopted as internet standards.
An RFC, once submitted, will be reviewed by the IETF groups, various experts and the RFC Editor group prior to approval.
Speaking at a six-day meeting held last week in Beijing, IETF Chairman Russ Housley said, "We seek broad participation to maintain the global relevance of our activities… As the numbers of Chinese participants have grown, we felt that the time was right to hold our first meeting in China."
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