[Chapter-delegates] The European offensive

[Urban, Mark (CDC/OCOO/OCIO/ITSO)]

To Vint’s point,

Here’s how the EU handled Web accessibility and the adoption of WCAG2.0:

http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/standards/accessibility/index_en.htm


Regards,
Mark D. Urban
Vice-Chair,
ISOC Disability and Special Needs Chapter


From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Vint Cerf
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:57 AM
To: Elver Loho
Cc: Chapter Delegates
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] The European offensive

some governments only recognize standards from national or treaty-like organizations. They won't specify the use of other standards from private sector organizations. I think this was just an offer to make known the IETF work and the widespread voluntary adoption of its recommendations.

v


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Elver Loho <elver.loho at gmail.com<mailto:elver.loho at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi all,

I stumbled upon this document in one of ISOC's newsletters:
http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/europe-bureau-public-policy/2014/02/european-commissions-position-future-internet-governance

In it there is this sentence: "The Internet Society stands ready to
assist European authorities to familiarize themselves with the work of
the IETF and calls on European governments to recognize IETF
standards."

What is meant by this? How would a government formally recognize
technical standards? Because if something sensible was meant by this
sentence, then it could be a task for the local EU chapters.

Best,
Elver
.ee

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+372 5661 6933<tel:%2B372%205661%206933>
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