ABSTRACT
In Internet circles, everything eventually gets driven by a working group of one sort or another. A working group is an assembled, cooperative collaboration of researchers working on new research activities that would be difficult for any one member to develop alone. A working group can exist for anywhere between a few months or many years. Working groups generally strive to create an informational document, a standard, or find some resolution for problems related to a system or network. Most often, the working group attempts to assemble experts on a topic. Together, they will work intensively toward their goal. Working groups are sometimes also referred to as task groups or technical advisory groups. In this entry, we will discuss the Open Cloud Consortium and the Distributed Management Task Force as examples of cloud-related working groups. We will also discuss the most common standards used in cloud environments.
