[A2k] DCOS Agreement on Procurement in Support of
Interoperability and Open Standards emerges at 3rd IGF, Hyderabad
Malini Aisola
malini.aisola@keionline.org
Mon Dec 8 12:47:17 2008
Dear Philippe,
Entities interested in supporting the agreement may send an e-mail to
igf-dcos(at)keionline.org.
Regards,
malini
On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 21:37 +0100, Philippe Aigrain wrote:
> This is great, and entirely consistent with the standards, interoperabili=
ty
> and procurement provisions of the Public Policies section of the 2020 FLO=
SS
> roadmap that was presented last week at the Open World Forum in Paris las=
t
> week.
> http://www.openworldobservatory.org/download/owf_roadmap_20020.pdf
> (pages 25-35)
>
> Just one remark, it is not very clear how other organizations and individ=
uals
> can endorse the Hyderabad statement.
>
> Best,
>
> Philippe Aigrain
>
>
> Le Saturday 06 December 2008 13:06:02 Thiru Balasubramaniam, vous avez =
=C3=A9crit :
> > http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2008/12/06/dcos-agreement-on-procurement=
-in-
> >support-of-interoperability-and-open-standards-emerges-at-3rd-igf-hydera=
bad/
> >
> > http://www.keionline.org/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&task=3Dview&id=
=3D216
> >
> > DCOS Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open
> > Standards emerges at 3rd IGF, Hyderabad
> >
> > 6 December 2008
> >
> > At the close of the final day of the 3rd Internet Governance Forum in
> > Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS)
> > released an agreement entitled the =E2=80=9CDynamic Coalition on Open
> > Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in Support of
> > Interoperability and Open Standards.=E2=80=9D
> >
> > Under the procurement agreement, governments, publicly funded and non-
> > profit institutions agree to promote interoperability and
> > accessibility through the use of open standards.
> >
> > From Hyderabad: Malini Aisola and Thiru Balasubramaniam
> >
> > The full text of the agreement including a list of initial signatories
> > and endorsers, is available here:
> > http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2008/12/06/dcos-agreement-on-procurement=
-in-
> >support-of-interoperability-and-open-standards-emerges-at-3rd-igf-hydera=
bad/
> >
> > Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in
> > Support of Interoperability and Open Standards
> >
> > 3rd Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
> >
> > Hyderabad, India
> >
> > 6 December 2008
> > Preamble
> >
> > The Contracting Parties,
> >
> > Recalling the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
> > Declaration of Principles which states that =E2=80=9C[i]nternational st=
andards
> > aim to create an environment where consumers can access services
> > worldwide regardless of underlying technology,=E2=80=9D
> >
> > Recognizing that standards are increasingly global concerns, involving
> > goods and services that move in international trade across borders,
> >
> > Aware that current competition and legal remedies may not be enough to
> > solve the inherent tensions that routinely arise in the realm of
> > patents and standards,
> >
> > Desirous of encouraging procurement policies that require evaluation
> > of multiple, competing products based on open ICT standards in order
> > to ensure a level playing field for vendors, governments and consumers,
> >
> > Cognizant of the need for procurement policies for software programs
> > that are predicated upon an open standard,
> >
> > Open Standards
> >
> > Given the multiplicity of interpretations of the term open standards,
> > for the purpose of this document we endorse as an acceptable
> > definition the position contained in the European Union=E2=80=99s draft
> > European Interoperability Framework:
> >
> > 1) The open standard is adopted and will be maintained by a not-for-
> > profit organisation, and its ongoing development occurs on the basis
> > of an open decision-making procedure available to all interested
> > parties (consensus or majority decision etc.).
> > 2) The open standard has been published and the standard specification
> > document is available either freely or at a nominal charge. It must be
> > permissible to all to copy, distribute and use it for no fee or at a
> > nominal fee.
> > 3) The intellectual property - i.e. patents possibly present - of
> > (parts of) the open standard is made irrevocably available on a
> > royalty free basis.
> > 4) There are no constraints on the re-use of the standard.
> >
> > (IDABC EIF v2 draft (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7728))
> >
> > As noted in the European Interoperability Framework cited above, open
> > standards or technical specifications must allow all interested
> > parties to implement the standards and to compete on quality and
> > price. The goal is to have a competitive and innovative industry, not
> > to protect market shares by raising obstacles to newcomers. Thus, open
> > standards or technical specifications must be possible to implement in
> > software distributed under the most commonly used open source
> > licences, with no limitations arising from IPR associated with the
> > standard in question.
> >
> > In addition to the above requirements, it is recommended that there
> > should be multiple independent implementations of the standard.
> >
> > Governments, publicly funded and non-profit institutions agree to
> > implement the following policies.
> >
> > Governments, publicly funded and non-profit institutions
> > Hereby agree to the following measures in order to promote
> > interoperability and accessibility through the use of open standards.
> >
> > 1. To create a policy statement on interoperability and open
> > standards, to be available to employees and the public.
> >
> > 2. By 2010, procurement of all software should be vendor neutral and
> > implement open standards
> >
> > 3. By 2010, tender specifications for hardware (including peripherals
> > and mobile devices) should require that manufacturers provide the
> > driver and interface information necessary to work with a reasonable
> > range of proprietary and free operating system platforms.
> >
> > 4. By 2010, all public facing web pages should conform to W3C
> > standards for structure, presentation and accessibility.
> >
> > 5. By 2010, tenders for the supply of web based services (for example,
> > online reservations) must specify the requirements of point 4.
> >
> > 6. By 2010, agencies should implement policies regarding the storage
> > and archiving of government data and records to ensure that data is
> > stored in open data and document formats.
> >
> > Signed by the following parties:
> >
> > Aslam Raffee, Government IT Officers=E2=80=99 Council, OSS Working Grou=
p,
> > Republic of South Africa
> >
> > Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
> >
> > Bob Jolliffe, Freedom To Innovate, South Africa
> >
> > Centre for Internet and Society, India
> >
> > Eddan Katz, Electronic Frontier Foundation
> >
> > Hamid Rabiee, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
> >
> > Knowledge Ecology International
> >
> > Moving Republic, India
> >
> > Shuttleworth Foundation, South Africa
> >
> > Swathanthra Malayalam Computing, India
> >
> > Endorsed by the following parties:
> >
> > Bangladesh Friendship Education Society, Bangladesh
> >
> > Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), India
> >
> > Foundation for Media Alternatives, Philippines
> >
> > OpenForum Europe
>
>
>
>
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