IETF IP Storage (ips) working group

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IETF working group standards development working group

The IETF IP Storage (ips) working group was an Internet Engineering Task Force group responsible for developing standards for transporting storage protocols over IP networks, including the iSCSI protocol.

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Label	Occurrences
IETF IP Storage (ips) working group canonical	2
IP Storage (ips)	2
IP Storage Working Group	2
IETF IP Storage (ips) working group documents	1
IP Storage (ips) Working Group	1
iSCSI Working Group	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T321665 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IETF IP Storage (ips) working group
Context triple: [iSCSI, definedByWorkingGroup, IETF IP Storage (ips) working group]

A. iSCSI
iSCSI is a storage networking protocol that transports SCSI commands over IP networks, enabling block-level data access over standard Ethernet infrastructure.
B. IETF NETCONF Working Group
The IETF NETCONF Working Group is a standards body team within the Internet Engineering Task Force responsible for developing and maintaining the NETCONF network configuration and management protocol and its related data modeling technologies.
C. INCITS T10 committee
The INCITS T10 committee is a technical standards group responsible for developing and maintaining SCSI storage interface standards, including Serial Attached SCSI (SAS).
D. Internet Engineering Steering Group
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is the body within the Internet Engineering Task Force responsible for technical management of IETF activities and the approval and publication of Internet standards.
E. IHE IT Infrastructure profiles
IHE IT Infrastructure profiles are a set of interoperability specifications that define how healthcare IT systems securely exchange, manage, and share health information across institutions and platforms.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IETF IP Storage (ips) working group
Target entity description: The IETF IP Storage (ips) working group was an Internet Engineering Task Force group responsible for developing standards for transporting storage protocols over IP networks, including the iSCSI protocol.

A. iSCSI
iSCSI is a storage networking protocol that transports SCSI commands over IP networks, enabling block-level data access over standard Ethernet infrastructure.
B. IETF NETCONF Working Group
The IETF NETCONF Working Group is a standards body team within the Internet Engineering Task Force responsible for developing and maintaining the NETCONF network configuration and management protocol and its related data modeling technologies.
C. INCITS T10 committee
The INCITS T10 committee is a technical standards group responsible for developing and maintaining SCSI storage interface standards, including Serial Attached SCSI (SAS).
D. Internet Engineering Steering Group
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is the body within the Internet Engineering Task Force responsible for technical management of IETF activities and the approval and publication of Internet standards.
E. IHE IT Infrastructure profiles
IHE IT Infrastructure profiles are a set of interoperability specifications that define how healthcare IT systems securely exchange, manage, and share health information across institutions and platforms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	IETF working group ⓘ standards development working group ⓘ
abbreviation	ips ⓘ
collaboratesWith	storage industry vendors ⓘ storage networking standards bodies ⓘ
field	IP storage ⓘ Internet standards ⓘ computer networking ⓘ storage networking ⓘ
focus	block storage over IP ⓘ interoperability of IP storage implementations ⓘ security for IP-based storage protocols ⓘ storage protocol encapsulation over IP ⓘ
fullName	IP Storage Working Group ⓘ linked to: IETF IP Storage (ips) working group
goal	define secure, interoperable IP-based storage protocols ⓘ enable storage networking over standard IP infrastructures ⓘ
organizationType	open standards body working group ⓘ
outputType	Draft Standards ⓘ Proposed Standards ⓘ
parentOrganization	IETF Transport Area ⓘ linked to: IETF Areas
partOf	Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
produces	Internet-Drafts ⓘ RFCs ⓘ
relatedConcept	Fibre Channel ⓘ Networked storage ⓘ SCSI ⓘ Storage Area Network ⓘ
responsibleFor	developing standards for transporting storage protocols over IP networks ⓘ standardization of FCIP ⓘ standardization of IP-based storage management protocols ⓘ standardization of iFCP ⓘ standardization of iSCSI ⓘ
scope	defining new IP-based storage protocols where necessary ⓘ mapping existing storage protocols onto IP ⓘ
standardizedProtocol	FCIP ⓘ iFCP ⓘ iSCSI ⓘ related IP storage discovery and management protocols ⓘ
status	concluded ⓘ
technologyArea	transport of Fibre Channel over IP ⓘ transport of SCSI over IP ⓘ
usesProtocol	IP ⓘ TCP ⓘ linked to: Transmission Control Protocol
website	https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ips ⓘ

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