The IPDR specifications were originally produced by the Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization, Inc. (aka IPDR.org).
The IPDR specs are maintained and continue to evolve at the TM Forum Interface Program.
[1] Originally formed as an informal confederation of about 60 industry experts from 20 companies, including Narus, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T and others who were active in the industry, the organization quickly matured into a formal structure, tackling a range of technical issues associated with the deployment of systems to support the growth of IP-based communications services.
By 2002, the group was involving industry specific software development companies to perform interoperability testing and encompassed working forums around five distinct tracks of industry challenges, had hired a staff, and appointed Aron Heintz as President to guide the quickly growing body of technical work being conducted within the largely volunteer organization.
[2] IPDR had also established a formal board of directors structure,[2] enlisting a range of industry experts from industry players in the United States and Canada to oversee the development of the standards and protocols being developed by the group, including Martin Demers (replaced in 2003 by Stefan Mihai) of Ace*comm, Kelly Anderson of Intrado, Mark Farmer of Amdocs, Tal Givoly of Xacct Technologies, Matthew Lucas of Telestrategies, Jeff Meyer of Hewlett-Packard, Kevin McCoy of Cisco Systems, Mike Norris of Telus, Steve O'Neal of Sprint PCS and Pankaj Patel of Convergys.