[governance] RFC 6852: Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards--Some Comments

michael gurstein gurstein at gmail.com
Sat Jan 26 12:34:52 EST 2013


Avri and Stephane, and all

 

I gather that this is a "take it or leave it" i.e. no possibility for having
input into the document? If there is a possibiity I would like to contribute
my comments as interspersed below to a further revision of this document.

 

Please note my comments as a to a document which I would otherwise be
pleased to support...

 

 

            Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards

 

Abstract

 

   On 29 August 2012, the leaders of the IEEE Standards Association, the

   IAB, the IETF, the Internet Society, and the W3C signed a statement

   affirming the importance of a jointly developed set of principles

   establishing a modern paradigm for global, open standards.  These

   principles have become known as the "OpenStand" principles.  This

   document contains the text of the affirmation that was signed.

 

Status of This Memo

 

   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is

   published for informational purposes.

 

   This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

   and represents information that the IAB has deemed valuable to

   provide for permanent record.  It represents the consensus of the

   Internet Architecture Board (IAB).  Documents approved for

   publication by the IAB are not a candidate for any level of Internet

   Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.

 

   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,

   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at

   http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6852.

 

RFC 6852              Modern Paradigm for Standards         January 2013

 

Copyright Notice

 

   Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the

   document authors.  All rights reserved.

 

   This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal

   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents

   (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of

   publication of this document.  Please review these documents

   carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect

   to this document.

 

1.  Introduction

 

   On 29 August 2012, the leaders of the IEEE Standards Association, the

   IAB, the IETF, the Internet Society, and the W3C signed a statement

   affirming the importance of a jointly developed set of principles

   establishing a modern paradigm for global, open standards.  These

   principles have become known as the "OpenStand" principles.

 

   Section 2 of this document describes the five OpenStand principles.

   Section 3 of this document contains the text of the signed

   affirmation of the five OpenStand principles.  Section 4 contains a

   call for others to support the five OpenStand principles.

 

2.  Modern Paradigm for Standards

 

   Over the past several decades, the global economy has realized a huge

   bounty due to the Internet and the World Wide Web.  These could not

   have been possible without the innovations and standardization of

   many underlying technologies.  This standardization occurred with

   great speed and effectiveness only because of key characteristics of

   a modern global standards paradigm.  The affirmation below

   characterizes the principles that have led to this success as a means

   to ensure acceptance of standards activities that adhere to the

   principles.

 

MG: AGREED...

 

   We embrace a modern paradigm for standards where the economics of

   global markets, fueled by technological advancements, drive global

   deployment of standards regardless of their formal status.

 

MG: AGREED

 

   In this paradigm standards support interoperability, foster global

   competition, are developed through an open participatory process, and

   are voluntarily adopted globally.  

 

MG: AGREED

 

These voluntary standards serve as

   building blocks for products and services targeted at meeting the

   needs of the market and consumer, thereby driving innovation.

   Innovation in turn contributes to the creation of new markets and the

   growth and expansion of existing markets.

 

MG: DON'T THE STANDARDS ALSO AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDE THE
BUILDING BLOCK FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, SUPPORT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND ENABLE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET AS A GLOBAL PUBLIC GOOD?




 

   Participation in the modern paradigm demands:

 

   1. Cooperation.  Respectful cooperation between standards

      organizations, whereby each respects the autonomy, integrity,

      processes, and intellectual property rules of the others.

 

MG: AGREED

 

   2. Adherence to principles.  Adherence to the five fundamental

      principles of standards development:

 

      * Due process.  Decisions are made with equity and fairness among

        participants.  No one party dominates or guides standards

        development.  Standards processes are transparent and

        opportunities exist to appeal decisions.  Processes for periodic

        standards review and updating are well defined.

 

      * Broad consensus.  Processes allow for all views to be considered

        and addressed, such that agreement can be found across a range

        of interests.

 

      * Transparency.  Standards organizations provide advance public

        notice of proposed standards development activities, the scope

        of work to be undertaken, and conditions for participation.

        Easily accessible records of decisions and the materials used in

        reaching those decisions are provided.  Public comment periods

        are provided before final standards approval and adoption.

 

      * Balance.  Standards activities are not exclusively dominated by

        any particular person, company or interest group.

 

      * Openness.  Standards processes are open to all interested and

        informed parties.

 

MG: AGREED

 

   3. Collective empowerment.  Commitment by affirming standards

      organizations and their participants to collective empowerment by

      striving for standards that:

 

      * are chosen and defined based on technical merit, as judged by

        the contributed expertise of each participant;

 

      * provide global interoperability, scalability, stability, and

        resiliency;

 

      * enable global competition;

 

MG: WHAT ABOUT ENABLING GLOBAL COOPERATION AS WELL AS COMPETITION?

 

      * serve as building blocks for further innovation; and

 

      * contribute to the creation of global communities, benefiting

        humanity.

 

MG: WHAT ABOUT CONTRIBUTING TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND TO ENABLING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET AS A GLOBAL PUBLIC GOOD?

 

   4. Availability.  Standards specifications are made accessible to all

      for implementation and deployment.  Affirming standards

      organizations have defined procedures to develop specifications

      that can be implemented under fair terms.  Given market diversity,

      fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and

      non-discriminatory terms (FRAND).

 

MG: WHAT ABOUT NON-MARKET BASED FORMS OF IMPLEMENTATION?

 

   5. Voluntary adoption.  Standards are voluntarily adopted and success

      is determined by the market.

 

MG: IS SUCCESS IN THE MARKET THE ONLY POSSIBLE MEANS OF VALIDATION OF
STANDARDS--HAVE THEIR POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO ENHANCING THE GLOBAL PUBLIC
GOOD/GLOBAL PUBLIC WELL-BEING BEEN CONSIDERED AS WELL? 

 

3.  Affirmation

 

   We embrace a modern paradigm for standards where the economics of

   global markets, fueled by technological advancements, drive global

   deployment of standards regardless of their formal status.

 

MG: COULDN'T THE REALIZATION OF THE STANDARDS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST BE
EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT, AS A PARADIGM DETERMINING DEPLOYMENT?

 

   In this paradigm standards support interoperability, foster global

   competition, are developed through an open participatory process, and

   are voluntarily adopted globally.  These voluntary standards serve as

   building blocks for products and services targeted at meeting the

   needs of the market and consumer, thereby driving innovation.

   Innovation in turn contributes to the creation of new markets and the

   growth and expansion of existing markets.

 

MG: COULD THIS PARADIGM NOT INCLUDE SUPPORTING GLOBAL COOPERATION AND
PROVIDING  BUILDING BLOCKS FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
SUPPORTIVE OF THE PUBLIC GOOD.

 

MG: SHOULD NOT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STANDARDS AS SUPPORTIVE OF BROAD BASED
INLUSION BE INCLUDED AS A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE--INCLUDING INCLUSION OF
THOSE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, THOSE IN RURAL AND REMOTE LOCATION, THOSE
WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY MARGINALIZED?

 

MIKE GURSTEIN

 

   By signing this statement, we affirm our support for and adherence to

   these principles.

 

      Lynn St.Amour

      President and CEO

      Internet Society

 

      Russ Housley

      Chair

      Internet Engineering Task Force

 

      Bernard Aboba

      Chair

      Internet Architecture Board

 

      Jeff Jaffe

      CEO

      W3C

 

      Steve Mills

      President

      IEEE Standards Association

 

 

 

 

 

Housley, et al.               Informational                     [Page 4]




 

RFC 6852              Modern Paradigm for Standards         January 2013

 

 

4.  Call for Endorsement

 

   We invite other standards organizations, governments, corporations

   and technology innovators globally to support these principles.  You

   can publicly show your support at <http://www.open-stand.org>.

 

5.  Security Considerations

 

   Nothing in this document directly affects the security of the

   Internet.

 

6.  IAB Members at Time of Approval

 

   Internet Architecture Board Members at the time this document was

   approved were:

 

      Bernard Aboba

      Jari Arkko

      Marc Blanchet

      Ross Callon

      Alissa Cooper

      Spencer Dawkins

      Joel Halpern

      Russ Housley

      David Kessens

      Danny McPherson

      Jon Peterson

      Dave Thaler

      Hannes Tschofenig

 

Authors' Addresses

 

   Russ Housley

   EMail: housley at vigilsec.com

 

   Steve Mills

   EMail: s.mills at ieee.org

 

   Jeff Jaffe

   EMail: jeff at w3.org

 

   Bernard Aboba

   EMail: bernard_aboba at hotmail.com

 

   Lynn St.Amour

   EMail: st.amour at isoc.org

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:50 AM
To: IGC
Subject: Re: [governance] RFC 6852: Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for
Standards

 

 

On 26 Jan 2013, at 09:12, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

 

>  <http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6852.txt>
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6852.txt

> 

> (It is the OpenStand declaration, republished as a RFC. Key words:

> standards, IETF, ITU, IEEE, W3C...)

 

 

It is a good document.

 

At end thee is a call:

 

"

4.  Call for Endorsement

 

   We invite other standards organizations, governments, corporations

   and technology innovators globally to support these principles.  You

   can publicly show your support at < <http://www.open-stand.org>
http://www.open-stand.org>.

 

"

 

While the IGC is not among the : " standards organizations, governments,
corporations

   and technology innovators"

and while it is unfortunate that they neglected to call for support from
civil society (a blind spot which I beleive often gets in way of getting
civil society support and cooperation)

 

Perhaps we should discuss supporting, or at least finding, a broad IGC
consensus on this document.

 

avri

 

 

 

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