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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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Copyright Notice

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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:
  • Due process. Decisions are made with equity and fairness among

participants. No one party dominates or guides standards

      development.  Standards processes are transparent and
      opportunities exist to appeal decisions.  Processes for periodic
      standards review and updating are well defined.
  • Broad consensus. Processes allow for all views to be considered

and addressed, such that agreement can be found across a range

      of interests.
  • Transparency. Standards organizations provide advance public

notice of proposed standards development activities, the scope

      of work to be undertaken, and conditions for participation.
      Easily accessible records of decisions and the materials used in
      reaching those decisions are provided.  Public comment periods
      are provided before final standards approval and adoption.
  • Balance. Standards activities are not exclusively dominated by

any particular person, company or interest group.

  • Openness. Standards processes are open to all interested and

informed parties.

 3. Collective empowerment.  Commitment by affirming standards
    organizations and their participants to collective empowerment by
    striving for standards that:
  • are chosen and defined based on technical merit, as judged by

the contributed expertise of each participant;

  • provide global interoperability, scalability, stability, and

resiliency;

  • enable global competition;
  • serve as building blocks for further innovation; and
  • contribute to the creation of global communities, benefiting

humanity.

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 4. Availability.  Standards specifications are made accessible to all
    for implementation and deployment.  Affirming standards
    organizations have defined procedures to develop specifications
    that can be implemented under fair terms.  Given market diversity,
    fair terms may vary from royalty-free to fair, reasonable, and
    non-discriminatory terms (FRAND).
 5. Voluntary adoption.  Standards are voluntarily adopted and success
    is determined by the market.

3. Affirmation

 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.
 By signing this statement, we affirm our support for and adherence to
 these principles.
    Lynn St.Amour
    President and CEO
    Internet Society
    Russ Housley
    Chair
    Internet Engineering Task Force
    Bernard Aboba
    Chair
    Internet Architecture Board
    Jeff Jaffe
    CEO
    W3C
    Steve Mills
    President
    IEEE Standards Association

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4. Call for Endorsement

 We invite other standards organizations, governments, corporations
 and technology innovators globally to support these principles.  You
 can publicly show your support at <http://www.open-stand.org>.

5. Security Considerations

 Nothing in this document directly affects the security of the
 Internet.

6. IAB Members at Time of Approval

 Internet Architecture Board Members at the time this document was
 approved were:
    Bernard Aboba
    Jari Arkko
    Marc Blanchet
    Ross Callon
    Alissa Cooper
    Spencer Dawkins
    Joel Halpern
    Russ Housley
    David Kessens
    Danny McPherson
    Jon Peterson
    Dave Thaler
    Hannes Tschofenig

Authors' Addresses

 Russ Housley
 EMail: housley@vigilsec.com
 Steve Mills
 EMail: s.mills@ieee.org
 Jeff Jaffe
 EMail: jeff@w3.org
 Bernard Aboba
 EMail: bernard_aboba@hotmail.com
 Lynn St.Amour
 EMail: st.amour@isoc.org

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