[governance] Leading Global Standards Organizations Endorse 'OpenStand' Principles that Drive Innovation and Borderless Commerce

Fri Aug 31 01:48:03 EDT 2012

Thanks a lot, Fahd!

2012/8/31 Fahd A. Batayneh <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>:
> Here you go Oksana
>
> http://www.internetsociety.org/news/leading-global-standards-organizations-endorse-%E2%80%98openstand%E2%80%99-principles-drive-innovation-and
>
> Fahd
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Oksana Prykhodko <sana.pryhod at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Wolfgang,
>>
>> Thank you very much for this information. I think it would be great to
>> translate this text for our Third Ukrainian IGF (Kiev, 28 September). What
>> link to the original version we have to give?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Oksana
>>
>> 2012/8/29 "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"
>> <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>:
>> >
>> > FYI
>> >
>> > Wolfgang
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Leading Global Standards Organizations Endorse 'OpenStand' Principles
>> > that Drive Innovation and Borderless Commerce
>> >
>> > IEEE, IAB, IETF, Internet Society and W3C Invite Other Standards
>> > Organizations, Governments and Companies to Support Modern Paradigm for
>> > Global, Open Standards
>> >
>> > [PISCATAWAY, N.J., and WASHINGTON, D.C., United States; GENEVA,
>> > Switzerland, and http://www.w3.org/ -29 August 2012]- Five leading global
>> > organizations-IEEE, Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Engineering
>> > Task Force (IETF), Internet Society and World Wide Web Consortium
>> > (W3C)-today announced that they have signed a statement affirming the
>> > importance of a jointly developed set of principles establishing a modern
>> > paradigm for global, open standards. The shared "OpenStand" principles-based
>> > on the effective and efficient standardization processes that have made the
>> > Internet and Web the premiere platforms for innovation and borderless
>> > commerce-are proven in their ability to foster competition and cooperation,
>> > support innovation and interoperability and drive market success.
>> >
>> > IEEE, IAB, IETF, Internet Society and W3C invite other standards
>> > organizations, governments, corporations and technology innovators globally
>> > to endorse the principles, which are available at open-stand.org.
>> >
>> > The OpenStand principles strive to encapsulate that successful
>> > standardization model and make it extendable across the contemporary, global
>> > economy's gamut of technology spaces and markets. The principles comprise a
>> > modern paradigm in which the economics of global markets-fueled by
>> > technological innovation-drive global deployment of standards, regardless of
>> > their formal status within traditional bodies of national representation.
>> > The OpenStand principles demand:
>> >
>> > * cooperation among standards organizations;
>> >
>> > * adherence to due process, broad consensus, transparency, balance and
>> > openness in standards development;
>> >
>> > * commitment to technical merit, interoperability, competition,
>> > innovation and benefit to humanity;
>> >
>> > * availability of standards to all, and
>> >
>> > * voluntary adoption.
>> >
>> > "New dynamics and pressures on global industry have driven changes in
>> > the ways that standards are developed and adopted around the world," said
>> > Steve Mills, president of the IEEE Standards Association. "Increasing
>> > globalization of markets, the rapid advancement of technology and
>> > intensifying time-to-market demands have forced industry to seek more
>> > efficient ways to define the global standards that help expand global
>> > markets. The OpenStand principles foster the more efficient international
>> > standardization paradigm that the world needs."
>> >
>> > Added Leslie Daigle, chief Internet technology officer with the Internet
>> > Society: "International standards development for borderless economics is
>> > not ad hoc; rather, it has a paradigm-one that has demonstrated agility and
>> > is driven by technical merit. The OpenStand principles convey the power of
>> > bottom-up collaboration in harnessing global creativity and expertise to the
>> > standards of any technology space that will underpin the modern economy
>> > moving forward."
>> >
>> > Standards developed and adopted via the OpenStand principles include
>> > IEEE standards for the Internet's physical connectivity, IETF standards for
>> > end-to-end global Internet interoperability and the W3C standards for the
>> > World Wide Web.
>> >
>> > "The Internet and World Wide Web have fueled an economic and social
>> > transformation, touching billions of lives. Efficient standardization of so
>> > many technologies has been key to the success of the global Internet," said
>> > Russ Housley, IETF chair. "These global standards were developed with a
>> > focus toward technical excellence and deployed through collaboration of many
>> > participants from all around the world. The results have literally changed
>> > the world, surpassing anything that has ever been achieved through any other
>> > standards-development model."
>> >
>> > Globally adopted design-automation standards, which have paved the way
>> > for a giant leap forward in industry's ability to define complex electronic
>> > solutions, provide another example of standards developed in the spirit of
>> > the OpenStand principles. Another technology space that figures to demand
>> > such standards over the next decades is the global smart-grid effort, which
>> > seeks to augment regional facilities for electricity generation,
>> > distribution, delivery and consumption with a two-way, end-to-end network
>> > for communications and control.
>> >
>> > "Think about all that the Internet and Web have enabled over the past 30
>> > years, completely transforming society, government and commerce," said W3C
>> > chief executive officer Jeff Jaffe. "It is remarkable that a small number of
>> > organizations following a small number of principles have had such a huge
>> > impact on humanity, innovation and competition in global markets."
>> >
>> > Bernard Aboba, chair of the IAB: "The Internet has been built on
>> > specifications adopted voluntarily across the globe. By valuing running
>> > code, interoperability and deployment above formal status, the Internet has
>> > democratized the development of standards, enabling specifications
>> > originally developed outside of standards organizations to gain recognition
>> > based on their technical merit and adoption, contributing to the creation of
>> > global communities benefiting humanity. We now invite standards
>> > organizations, as well as governments, companies and individuals to join us
>> > at open-stand.org in order to affirm the principles that have nurtured the
>> > Internet and underpin many other important standards-and will continue to do
>> > so."
>> >
>> > About IEEE
>> >
>> > IEEE, a large, global technical professional organization is dedicated
>> > to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly
>> > cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and
>> > educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas
>> > ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to
>> > biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Learn more
>> > at http://www.ieee.org <http://www.ieee.org/> .
>> >
>> > About the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
>> >
>> > The IAB is chartered both as a committee of the Internet Engineering
>> > Task Force (IETF) and as an advisory body of the Internet Society (ISOC).
>> > Its responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities,
>> > Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal, and the appointment of the
>> > RFC Editor. The IAB is also responsible for the management of the IETF
>> > protocol parameter registries.
>> >
>> > About the Internet Engineering Task Force
>> >
>> > The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international
>> > community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers
>> > concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth
>> > operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual. The IETF
>> > is an organised activity of the Internet Society.
>> >
>> > About the Internet Society
>> >
>> > The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet
>> > information and thought leadership from around the world. With its
>> > principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet
>> > Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future
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>> > Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society
>> > enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For
>> > more information, visit www.internetsociety.org.
>> >
>> > About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>> >
>> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where
>> > Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to
>> > develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the
>> > creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth
>> > for the Web. Over 375 organizations are Members of the Consortium. W3C is
>> > jointly run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
>> > Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research Consortium for
>> > Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France and Keio
>> > University in Japan, and has additional Offices worldwide. For more
>> > information see http://www.w3.org/.
>> >
>> >
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