the seciton you point to lists a number of items. Some of them are
understandable. Some of them are potentially valuable, depending upon
what subtext is intended. Some of them ignore the fact that there are
good legal reasons for not doing some things. (e.g. discussing business
cases can be quite challenging; translation introduces a host of
complexities, particularly for standards where the specific wording was
contentious.)
the bigger issue is that there does not seem to be any relationship
between the list of items and the conclusion (which you quote below).
Without grounding on purpose and clarity on meaning of that conclusion,
it simply does not follow from the preceding text.
Yours,
Joel
On 3/16/2020 11:29 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
Hello,
I am not sure of which IETF list is appropriate for this. It concerns
relationships with non-technical stakeholders and their representation
in the standards-making process, a matter that has been popping up here
and there in several places (for example, in the discussion of
draft-iab-for-the-users, or in HRPC).
The Internet Governance Forum of the United Nations commissioned a study
to understand the reasons for the lack of adoption of Internet standards
that are fundamental for security, mentioning DNSSEC and RPKI among
others. I was not involved in the study, but the report came out a few
days ago:
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/9615/2023
It formulates (section 8.1) six recommendations, of which the sixth is
specifically aimed at the IETFand other Internet standards organizations:
"Standardisation processes are advised to include a consultation phase
with government and industry policy makers, and civil society experts."
There is also a page (section 7.13) discussing "Communication from/to
the IETF", and how to make it better.
As I am active both here and at the IGF, I would be interested in
comments and reactions. I have been asked to organize a session on this
at the next EuroDIG, the European preparatory conference for the global
IGF, and it would be good to have people from the IETF in it. So feel
free to send me your opinions.
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