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> From: IETF Chair <[email protected]> > Subject: Leading Global Standards Organizations Endorse 'OpenStand' > Principles that Drive Innovation and Borderless Commerce > Date: August 29, 2012 6:05:30 GMT+02:00 > To: IETF Announce <[email protected]> > Cc: IETF <[email protected]> > > 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. Below is a press release > about this event. You can learn more about these principles at > www.open-stand.org. > > Best wishes, > Russ Housley > IETF Chair > > * * * * * * * * * * > > 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." >
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