Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards
RFC 6852
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) R. Housley
Request for Comments: 6852 IETF Chair
Category: Informational S. Mills
ISSN: 2070-1721 IEEE-SA President
J. Jaffe
W3C CEO
B. Aboba
IAB Chair
L. St.Amour
ISOC President and CEO
January 2013
Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards
Abstract
On 29 August 2012, 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. These
principles have become known as the "OpenStand" principles. This
document contains the text of the affirmation that was signed.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
and represents information that the IAB has deemed valuable to
provide for permanent record. It represents the consensus of the
Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Documents approved for
publication by the IAB are not a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6852.
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1. Introduction
On 29 August 2012, 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. These
principles have become known as the "OpenStand" principles.
Section 2 of this document describes the five OpenStand principles.
Section 3 of this document contains the text of the signed
affirmation of the five OpenStand principles. Section 4 contains a
call for others to support the five OpenStand principles.
2. Modern Paradigm for Standards
Over the past several decades, the global economy has realized a huge
bounty due to the Internet and the World Wide Web. These could not
have been possible without the innovations and standardization of
many underlying technologies. This standardization occurred with
great speed and effectiveness only because of key characteristics of
a modern global standards paradigm. The affirmation below
characterizes the principles that have led to this success as a means
to ensure acceptance of standards activities that adhere to the
principles.
We embrace a modern paradigm for standards where the economics of
global markets, fueled by technological advancements, drive global
deployment of standards regardless of their formal status.
In this paradigm standards support interoperability, foster global
competition, are developed through an open participatory process, and
are voluntarily adopted globally. These voluntary standards serve as
building blocks for products and services targeted at meeting the
needs of the market and consumer, thereby driving innovation.
Innovation in turn contributes to the creation of new markets and the
growth and expansion of existing markets.
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Participation in the modern paradigm demands:
1. Cooperation. Respectful cooperation between standards
organizations, whereby each respects the autonomy, integrity,
processes, and intellectual property rules of the others.
2. Adherence to principles. Adherence to the five fundamental
principles of standards development:
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