[Openstds] DCOS Statement at IGF Consultation meeting in Geneva

[Manon Ress]

Hi Susy, Daniel and Robin,

At the f2f in New Haven, we discussed at length the need not to focus  
on definition as the main task of the coalition.  For reasons very  
well explained by the Chinese delegate and Rishab, I think we focused  
on the need to come up with principles and best practices.

Thus the para:
> - Being open in terms of standardisation of IT technologies doesn't  
> mean
> the same things for different constituencies, we need to improve/fix
> that and the IGF seems like a good gathering place, if not the one  
> truly
> international place, to achieve some consensus.

could be changed to reflect that the DCOS is not all about finding  
"a" definition?

Manon


On Feb 13, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Susy Struble wrote:

> Here is the statement that Daniel Dardailler (W3C) will make this
> afternoon during the IGF Consultation meeting as update on DCOS.  
> Daniel,
> Robin Gross, and Roy Reed (Sun) are attending the meeting.
>
> Daniel, thanks for your leadership on this.
>
> - The Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards, or IGF DCOS, aims at better
> understanding the challenges faced by all stakeholders with regards to
> open standard definition, development, implementation and usage.
> - We all see the advantages/weakness of open standardisation when  
> trying
> to read our email/access online information in this room: wifi ok,
> tcp/ip ok, smtp ok, http/html ok, but no electricity (no standard for
> power socket or battery size). only one is missing and the whole  
> system
> is damaged.
> - Open standardization in ICT, as a technical consortia activity (e.g.
> in W3C, IETF, Unicode), is not mandated by any public policy or
> international treaty, but it does raise regulatory and governance  
> issues
> that greatly affect policy making (in i18n, accessibility, bandwidth
> saving)
> - E-government agencies in particular are key players in that they can
> procure technologies on a large scale and regionally push in one
> direction or another
>
> - Being open in terms of standardisation of IT technologies doesn't  
> mean
> the same things for different constituencies, we need to improve/fix
> that and the IGF seems like a good gathering place, if not the one  
> truly
> international place, to achieve some consensus.
>
> - We invite more participation from more stakeholders, read the  
> complete
> DCOS statement at
> http://www.cptech.org/a2k/igf/ICT_standards_statement.html
> - We had a meeting of most of the participants f2f beginning of  
> February
> on the occasion of the open standard symposium in the US (yale) and
> we're planning another f2f in June, in Geneva
> - We'd like that the Rio agenda plan for a specific session on open
> standard discussions.
>
>
> I'll send meeting notes from our informal chat after the recent
> conference at Yale University soon.
>
> Regards,
> Susy
>
>
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