ANSI
The American National Standards Institute has a facilitator role in standards development.
The organization itself does not develop American National Standards, but it does oversee the process to ensure that consensus, openness, and due process are maintained.
Essentially, ANSI maintains the communications forums between the groups attempting to develop standards.
ANSI defined FDDI. This standard describes the general specifications for the use, installation, configuration, and limitations of fiber optic networking.