GADS Task Force
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The Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures (GADS) Task Force was the precursor to the Internet Engineering Task Force
. Its chairman was David L. Mills
of the University of Delaware
.
At its dissolution, GADS was divided into two, the Internet Engineering Task Force
(which dealt with the engineering and technology transfer issues that GADS had dealt with) and the Internet Architecture Task Force (which dealt with the research issues that GADS had dealt with, which Mills continued chair.)
Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force develops and promotes Internet standards, cooperating closely with the W3C and ISO/IEC standards bodies and dealing in particular with standards of the TCP/IP and Internet protocol suite...
. Its chairman was David L. Mills
David L. Mills
David L. Mills is an American computer engineer and Internet pioneer. Mills earned his PhD in Computer and Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan in 1971...
of the University of Delaware
University of Delaware
The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...
.
At its dissolution, GADS was divided into two, the Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force develops and promotes Internet standards, cooperating closely with the W3C and ISO/IEC standards bodies and dealing in particular with standards of the TCP/IP and Internet protocol suite...
(which dealt with the engineering and technology transfer issues that GADS had dealt with) and the Internet Architecture Task Force (which dealt with the research issues that GADS had dealt with, which Mills continued chair.)