Editing Internet Research Task Force (section)

{{Short description|Internet governance organization}}
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|purpose        = Promoting research into the evolution of the Internet.
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|region_served  = Worldwide
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|leader_title   = IRTF Chair
|leader_name    = [[Colin Perkins]]
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The '''Internet Research Task Force''' ('''IRTF''') is an organization, overseen by the [[Internet Architecture Board]], that focuses on longer-term research issues related to the Internet. A parallel organization, the [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] (IETF), focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards making. 

The IRTF promotes research of importance to the evolution of the Internet by creating focused, long-term research groups working on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and technology.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Acronyms and Terms|url=https://www.icann.org/en/icann-acronyms-and-terms/internet-research-task-force-en|access-date=2021-07-13|website=www.icann.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Internet Research Task Force|url=https://www.internetsociety.org/tag/internet-research-task-force/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Internet Society|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of Internet Research Task Force|url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/internet-research-task-force|access-date=2021-07-13|website=PCMAG|language=en}}</ref> Unlike the IETF, the task force does not set standards<ref>{{Cite IETF|rfc=4440|sectionname=Differences between IRTF and IETF Groups|autolink=yes|section=2.1|title=IAB Thoughts on the Role of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)}}</ref> and there is no explicit outcome expected of IRTF research groups.