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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tuesday 16 April 2013 01:41 PM,
Norbert Bollow wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">McTim <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com"><dogwallah@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">All,
For ~3 decades the Internet has been define as a "network of
networks".
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet</a>
We seem to be defining it by its epiphenomenal effects rather than by
its its core definition.
Is that what we want to do?
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In view of the WGIG definition of Internet Governance including the
epiphenomenal aspects, and their increasing importance, I think that
is important to also create a good working definition of "Internet"
itself that includes the epiphenomenal aspects.
But the "network of networks" aspect is of course still very important
today, and it is so far missing in the definition proposals that we
have.
I'd like to hereby request addition of this aspect to our definition
drafts. (At the current stage I think that it might be best to update
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I am fine if we work with Nnenna's draft and add 'network of
networks' to it, maybe in the first sentence..<br>
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<blockquote>We recognise the Internet, as a global network of
networks, to be an emergent and emerging reality. Its specificity
is inherent in its intricate combination of hardware, software,
protocols, human intentionality and a new kind of social
spatiality, brought together by a common set of design principles,
and constrained by policies established by due democratic
processes. We consider the Internet as a global commons and a
global public good. The design principles and policies that
constitute its governance should, therefore, flow from such
recognition of the Internet as a commons and public good.<br>
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parminder <br>
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Greetings,
Norbert
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Glossary
WGIG=Working Group on Internet Governance, a multistakeholder working
group that was active between the 2003 and 2005 World Summit on
Information Society (WSIS) events.
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