Without realizing it, many of the technologies
that we use on a daily basis are in fact based on standards that are
subject to a broad consensus generally on a global level : we cannot
imagine exchanging documents via the Internet without having recourse
to common conventions, such as Internet (IP) routing protocols or web
presentation formats (HTML or XML). How can we share these common resources
via telecommunications networks or IT grids ? This special feature
underline INRIA research teams who have contributed to these standards
with several industrial and academic partners within international
organization for standardization and normalization.
