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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Author:

M. Nottingham

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9518

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Abstract

This document discusses aspects of centralization that relate to Internet standards efforts. It argues that, while standards bodies have a limited ability to prevent many forms of centralization, they can still make contributions that assist in the decentralization of the Internet.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.