# Cross-Source Comparison Report *Generated 2026-03-08 19:32 UTC — 761 drafts across 6 sources* ## Summary | Source | Drafts | Rated | Authors | Ideas | Avg Score | Top Category | |--------|-------:|------:|--------:|------:|----------:|--------------| | ETSI | 12 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 3.16 | Policy/governance | | IETF | 469 | 396 | 722 | 495 | 3.43 | Data formats/interop | | ISO | 238 | 238 | 0 | 245 | 3.12 | Policy/governance | | ITU | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3.52 | Policy/governance | | NIST | 11 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 3.89 | AI safety/alignment | | W3C | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2.61 | Human-agent interaction | ## Rating Dimensions by Source | Source | Novelty | Maturity | Overlap | Momentum | Relevance | |--------|--------:|---------:|--------:|---------:|----------:| | ETSI | 2.58 | 3.08 | 2.75 | 3.08 | 3.92 | | IETF | 3.41 | 2.98 | 2.55 | 3.09 | 4.03 | | ISO | 2.84 | 3.26 | 2.65 | 2.96 | 3.35 | | ITU | 2.95 | 3.85 | 2.95 | 3.80 | 3.95 | | NIST | 3.36 | 4.00 | 2.64 | 4.18 | 4.45 | | W3C | 2.09 | 3.55 | 3.64 | 2.36 | 2.73 | ## Category Distribution by Source | Category | ETSI | IETF | ISO | ITU | NIST | W3C | |----------|------:|------:|------:|------:|------:|------:| | A2A protocols | 1 | 151 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | AI safety/alignment | 7 | 46 | 90 | 8 | 9 | 0 | | Agent discovery/reg | 1 | 86 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | | Agent identity/auth | 2 | 148 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | Autonomous netops | 3 | 113 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | | Data formats/interop | 4 | 162 | 118 | 8 | 3 | 4 | | Human-agent interaction | 0 | 32 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 9 | | ML traffic mgmt | 2 | 79 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Model serving/inference | 0 | 44 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 0 | | Other AI/agent | 7 | 22 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 1 | | Policy/governance | 10 | 114 | 157 | 17 | 8 | 5 | ## Category Coverage Analysis **Shared categories** (covered by 2+ bodies): A2A protocols, AI safety/alignment, Agent discovery/reg, Agent identity/auth, Autonomous netops, Data formats/interop, Human-agent interaction, ML traffic mgmt, Model serving/inference, Other AI/agent, Policy/governance