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<title>United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS)</title>
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<h2>Internet Governance Forum (IGF)</h2>
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<h1>Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS)</h1>
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<p>The <a href="http://igf-dcos.org">DCOS</a> was the very first
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Dynamic Coalition announced at the <a
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href="http://www.igfgreece2006.gr/">Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in
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Athens, Greece</a>. The initial announcement is <a
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href="https://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/2006-October/001191.html">online
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here</a>. The first discussions took place in Athens during the <a
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href="http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/open-standards-workshop/">IGF
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2006 workshop on Open Standards</a>. FSFE is one of the initial
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partners of the DCOS, and FSFE president <a href="/about/people/greve/">Georg
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Greve</a> is part of the DCOS interim steering committee.</p>
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<p>It is important to understand that the coalition is still forming,
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including partners from governments, industry and non-governmental
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organisations. The following information was distributed during the
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IGF workshop in Athens in 2006, and provides a first idea of the
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Dynamic Coalition:</p>
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<ul><pre>
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IGF Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards
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IGF 2006, Athens, Greece
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What:
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The IGF Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (IGF DCOS) will frame and
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define the most urgent problems related to open technology standards
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and application interoperability and suggest straightforward, workable
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solutions that can be implemented by all stakeholders. In support of
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Paragraph 90j of the Tunis Agenda, which reaffirms the commitment of
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all WSIS stakeholders to ``developing and implementing e-government
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applications based on open standards in order to enhance the growth
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and interoperability of e-government systems, at all levels,
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furthering access to government information .... thereby furthering
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access to government information and services and contributing to
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building ICT networks and developing services that are available
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anywhere and anytime, to anyone and on any device,'' IGF DCOS will
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focus on best practices in government policy and procurement practices
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for public documents and services.
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IGF DCOS will pay particular attention to the needs of developing
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economies, including capacity building, technology transfer, access
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and other requirements.
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The coalition will host an open mailing list and hold several meetings
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(location and dates to be determined) before presenting its progress
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at the 2007 IGF in Rio de Janeiro.
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Who:
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The IGF DCOS interim steering committee is tasked with some
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organizational details, but substantive work will be done by the IGF
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DCOS membership. The interim steering committee of the IGF DCOS
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includes representatives from key stakeholder groups.
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Government Brazil, Rogerio Santanna
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Standards Organization World Wide Web Consortium, Daniel Dardailler
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Industry Sun Microsystems, Susy Struble ;
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Free Software Foundation Europe, Georg Greve
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Civil Society Consumer Project on Technology, Jamie Love ;
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IP Justice, Robin Gross
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Academia Yale Information Society Project, Laura DeNardis;
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Professor Magdy Nagi
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Other supporters and participants include the Library of Alexandria,
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the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the South Centre Innovation,
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Access to Knowledge and Intellectual Property Programme (IAIPP).
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Membership in the IGF DCOS is open. For more information and to join,
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please visit the <a href="http://www.cptech.org/a2k/igf/athens110206/key_docs.html">Consumer Project for Technology web site</a>.
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The IGF DCOS mailing list is open. For details and to sign up, visit
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<a href="http://mailman.ctyme.com/listinfo/openstds">http://mailman.ctyme.com/listinfo/openstds</a>
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How:
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The IGF DCOS work will be based on the core principles of the Internet
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itself and best practices established by the Internet's leading
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standards organizations, the IETF and W3C: openness, rough consensus,
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and when appropriate, ``running code,'' meaning existing best
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practices.
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Over the next few weeks, the interim steering committee will outline
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the lightweight processes by which the coalition's work will be done
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as well as participant responsibilities. As the IGF DCOS believes in
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transparency and knowledge sharing, it will publish its work in an
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open standard format and offer services based on open technology
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standards. Contributions to the IGF DCOS and discussions within the
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IGF DCOS are not confidential. We expect the steering committee will
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have some quality control over the group's content and process, but
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divergent viewpoints on topics of study are welcomed. Should the IGF
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DCOS not be able to reach a rough consensus, our goal will be to
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provide clarity around the argument, the divergence and its origins
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(who has different views and why) so that more informed decisions can
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be made.
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<h3>Additional Information</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>The DCOS web page:<br />
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<a href="http://igf-dcos.org/">http://igf-dcos.org</a></li>
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<li>The DCOS is listed as one of the Dynamic Coalitions on the official IGF web page:<br />
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<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/Dynamic%20Coalitions.php">http://www.intgovforum.org/Dynamic%20Coalitions.php</a></li>
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<li>To join the DCOS, please subscribe to the mailing list at<br />
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<a href="http://mailman.ctyme.com/listinfo/openstds">http://mailman.ctyme.com/listinfo/openstds</a></li>
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<li>Read FSFE's substantial contribution to the 2006 IGF:<br />
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<a href="/activities/igf/sovsoft.html">Sovereign Software: Open Standards, Free Software, and the Internet</a></li>
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