{"draft":"draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization-14","doc_id":"RFC9518","title":"Centralization, Decentralization, and Internet Standards","authors":["M. Nottingham"],"format":["HTML","TEXT","PDF","XML"],"page_count":"22","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"INDEPENDENT","abstract":"This document discusses aspects of centralization that relate to\r\nInternet standards efforts. It argues that, while standards bodies\r\nhave a limited ability to prevent many forms of centralization, they\r\ncan still make contributions that assist in the decentralization of\r\nthe Internet.","pub_date":"December 2023","keywords":["governance"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC9518","errata_url":null}