On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The question that should be asked is why the IETF gets targeted in the way W3C and OASIS do not. I think that the confusion of the IETF role in all things ICANN is the main reason. You keep making that assertion, and I'll agree that the IETF is targeted more frequently because of the policy aspects of its work. That doesn't mean governments don't watch the policy aspects of W3C (e.g. DNT), only that much less of that work has public policy implications, and hence there are less mutual encounters. Note - the other reason that IP and DNS names get more attention is because there are international treaty organizations which operate in apparently similar spaces, i.e. it's not necessarily the result of actual interest by governments in the public policy implications of the IETF's work, but an expression of inter-organanization dynamics. The W3C has not been honored with having any helpful friends similar in nature to the ITU and WIPO. FYI, /John Disclaimer: My views alone.