[Openstds] DCOS Statement at IGF Consultation meeting in Geneva

[Susy Struble]

Yes, Manon, I hadn't sent the notes to Daniel yet from that meeting. I 
think what was said at the IGF Consultation is fine for now. Notes from 
our informal meeting are forthcoming.

- susy

Manon Ress wrote:
> 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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