The H.323 Forum was created under IMTC (with ITU support) to address a growing industry need to promote H.323 protocol awareness. 95 click-thrus; added 3-Jun-2002
IMUnified will strive to implement open standards-based interoperability for instant messaging as these protocols emerge from the IETF standardization process 53 click-thrus; added 22-May-2002
The International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium is a non-profit corporation composed of members and affiliates from all over the world to promote, encourage, and facilitate the development and implementation of interoperable multimedia teleconferencing solutions based on open international standards. 86 click-thrus; added 3-Nov-2000
The International Telecommunication Union is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. 77 click-thrus; added 3-Nov-2000
The Internet Engineering Task Force is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. 41 click-thrus; added 4-Nov-2000
The Jabber Software Foundation (JSF) is a non-profit organization that builds open application protocols on top of the IETF's Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). Development of core XMPP features is ongoing within the IETF's XMPP Working Group, while application-specific extensions continue to be defined by the Jabber Software Foundation. 23 click-thrus; added 15-Oct-2003
The OpenH323 project aims to create a full featured, interoperable, Open Source implementation of the ITU H.323 teleconferencing protocol that can be used by personal developers and commercial users without charge. 43 click-thrus; added 18-Sep-2001
This IETF working group focuses on the application of the Session Initiation Protocol to the suite of services collectively known as instant messaging and presence. 53 click-thrus; added 4-Oct-2002
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is an architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer network connectivity of PCs of all form factors, intelligent appliances, and wireless devices. It is backed by over 350 consumer electronics, computing, home automation and security, home appliance, computer networking, and other leading companies. 44 click-thrus; added 10-Sep-2001
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) "develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding". Of particular interet to rich media communications are SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). 32 click-thrus; added 13-May-2002
