[Chapter-delegates] Moving towards open standards at ITU-T

[Winthrop Yu]

   Dave, while i did not know of any ITU-T standards meeting, there is an ITU 
Council CWG meeting taking place now.  The matter of "freely sharing documents", 
that is un-tying from TIES has been raised, as well as (immediate) expansion of 
the Informal Experts Group, which Russia has objected to and prpopses to 
postopne to PP next year.

2-bits,

WYn



On 6/14/2013 4:40 PM, Dave Burstein wrote:
> Folks
>
> There's a good opportunity to quietly press for Open Standards at the ITU
> starting with the coming July meetings. ISOC has a strong statement (below)
> along with IETF and W3C. Hamadoun�Tour� has in principle agreed. So I'm bringing
> the idea to the U.S. State Department International�Telecommunications Advisory
> Council meeting. I hope ISOC will see what's possible and find ways to move this
> forward. I sent the below note to Danny Sepulveda at State, who has taken over
> for Ambassador Phil Verveer.�
>
> � � ISOC can be very effective here.�
> � �The State Department ITAC is an open group that you can join and is
> surprisingly influential. It gets you all the "confidential" ITU documents. Do
> ask me for the details on how you can join. It has influence.
>
>
> Danny
>
> � �Several things are coming together to make a natural opportunity to support
> open standards at the ITU in the spirit of the Open Standards proclamation
> below. Hamadoun at WCIT and previously made clear he was in favor of
> "multi-stakeholder" and openness at ITU and I believe he was sincere. I'm going
> to approach him next week at Columbia and I'm optimistic he'll be supportive;
> he's taken a clear position on the general subject.�
>
> � �For several reasons, I think the coming ITU-T standards meeting in Geneva
> next month is a great opportunity to make quiet but important progress. I'm
> writing to urge you to make sure the appropriate people at State watch and
> support as appropriate.�
>
> � �At Friday afternoon's meeting, I'm going to propose moving forward to work
> with ITU-T in the spirit of the IETF-ISOC-IEEE-W3C Open�Standards principles as
> well as Doctor Tour�'s concluding statements at WTPF. Specifically, I'm going to
> recommend that ITU affirm that members, including the U.S. government, ISOC and
> IETF, freely share all documents with their interested committee�members.�Tour�
> made that clear in several statements�around�WCIT�and Ambassador Kramer made it
> so via ITAC. In addition, to promote access by civil society to the standards
> process, ITU-T should make clear that those wanting to participate may do so
> through civil society groups like ISOC that are members of ITU or through the
> liaison status of IETF. I'll urge the two groups to make this practical and
> affordable for all members.�
>
> � �One reason this is a good opportunity is that a long term leader of SG-15,
> Tom Starr of ITAC, ATIS & AT&T, effectively chaired the ATIS DSL Standards Group
> T1E1.4 which defined the DSL that 300 million people use today. At the time, its
> work was completely open, proving effective standards work can be done without
> secrecy. I remember he was very proud at the time the group was open, although
> he hasn't opposed the current system.
>
> � �I hope you'll personally follow this up and take concrete steps to promote
> open standards as opportunities become apparent. ��
>
> Dave Burstein
>
> 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 <http://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.�
>
>
>
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