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        <h2>Working Groups</h2>
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          In the IETF, standardization is done in Working Groups.
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          Participation is open to anyone: Just join the mailing list.
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          <h1 id="internet-area">Internet Area</h1>

          <h2 id="lo">6lo</h2>

          <h2 id="tisch">6tisch</h2>

          <h2 id="lwig">lwig</h2>
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          <h1 id="routing-area">Routing Area</h1>

          <h2 id="roll">roll</h2>
          <p><a href="http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/roll/">Routing Over Low-power Lossy</a> networks is a layer-3 route-over
            mesh protocol that connects IoT devices with limited radio
            ranges into larger networks</p>
          <p>ROLL is largely done; was expected to close in 2015, but will
          remain active until 2016 for some final items</p>

          <h1 id="applications-area">Applications Area</h1>

          <h2 id="core">core</h2>
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          <h1 id="security-area">Security Area</h1>

          <p>Security is not optional.</p>

          <p>Actually:<br />
          <strong>if it's not usably secure, <br />
          it's not the Internet of Things</strong>.</p>

          <h2 id="ace">ace</h2>

          <h2 id="dice">dice</h2>

          <h2 id="proposed-cose">(proposed:) cose</h2>
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        <h2>Non-ITEF Groups</h2>
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          Outside of the IETF, many organizations either create new
          specifications, or create profiles of IETF specifications.
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          This is a list of them.
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