Voluntary industry standards for information technology are developed by many organizations. Recognized standards making bodies include:
ANSI NCITS (American National Standards Institute -- International Committee for Information Technology Standards) http://www.ncits.org/
IEEE (Inst. of Electrical & Electronics Engrs.) http://standards.ieee.org/index.htm
ISO (International Standards Organization) http://www.iso.ch/welcom.html
ISO/IEC JTC 1 TAG http://www.jtc1tag.org/
INRIA (The French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control) http://www.inria.fr
DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) http://www.dtic.mil/
International Telecommunication Union http://www.itu.int/
AIIM (Assoc. for Information & Image Mgmt. Int'l) http://aiim.org/
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) http://www.ietf.org/
ITI (Information Technology Industry Council) http://www.itic.org/
Internet Society http://www.isoc.org/
The Open Group http://www.opengroup.org/
DARPA http://www.darpa.mil/