IAB (Internet Architecture Board)

Formerly known as the Internet Activities Board, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) is a technical advisory group of the Internet Society. Its responsibilities, as outlined in the IAB Overview, include:

1. IESG Selection: The IAB appoints a new IETF chair and all other IESG candidates, from a list provided by the IETF nominating committee.
2. Architectural Oversight: The IAB provides oversight of the architecture for the protocols and procedures used by the Internet.
3. Standards Process Oversight and Appeal: The IAB provides oversight of the process used to create Internet Standards. The IAB serves as an appeal board for complaints of improper execution of the standards process.
4. RFC Series and IANA: The IAB is responsible for editorial management and publication of the Request for Comments (RFC) document series, and for administration of the various Internet assigned numbers.
5. External Liaison: The IAB acts as representative of the interests of the Internet Society in liaison relationships with other organizations concerned with standards and other technical and organizational issues relevant to the world-wide Internet.
6. Advice to ISOC: The IAB acts as a source of advice and guidance to the Board of Trustees and Officers of the Internet Society concerning technical, architectural, procedural, and (where appropriate) policy matters pertaining to the Internet and its enabling technologies.

URLs:

Internet Architecture Board

Internet Engineering Task Force

Internet Society

W3E References:

• International standards