[802SEC] Leading Global Standards Organizations Endorse ‘OpenStand’ Principles that Drive Innovation and Borderless Commerce
Dear EC Members,
I thought you would be interested in today's press release announcing the
set of principles in support of open standard development Steve Mills shared
with the 802 EC at the July plenary session.
Regards,
--Paul
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.”
About IEEE
IEEE, a large, global technical professional organization is dedicated to
advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly cited
publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and
educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas
ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to
biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Learn more
at http://www.ieee.org.
About the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
The IAB is chartered both as a committee of the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) and as an advisory body of the Internet Society (ISOC). Its
responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities,
Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal, and the appointment of the
RFC Editor. The IAB is also responsible for the management of the IETF
protocol parameter registries.
About the Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international
community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers
concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth
operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual. The IETF
is an organised activity of the Internet Society.
About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet
information and thought leadership from around the world. With its
principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet
Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future
development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations.
Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society
enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For
more information, visit www.internetsociety.org.
About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where
Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to
develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the
creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth
for the Web. Over 375 organizations are Members of the Consortium. W3C is
jointly run by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the European Research Consortium for
Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France and Keio
University in Japan, and has additional Offices worldwide. For more
information see http://www.w3.org/.
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