Web Open StandardsMay 30th 2007

U.S. – China Symposium on Active Industry Participation in Standardization

Beijing, China

Daniel DARDAILLERW3C Associate Chair, Europe

Head of Offices

These slides: http://www.w3.org/2007/05/dd-ansisac.htm

W3C Executive SummaryThe World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an InternationalConsortium where Member and External organizations, a full-timetechnical staff, and the public work together to lead the World WideWeb to its full potential by developing Web standards such asprotocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web.• Goals: Interoperability, Universality, Functionalities • Neutral/nonforprofit, consensus based, open participation, open

results • ~450 members, ~70 staff, • ~50 Working Groups ~20 Coordination Groups and Interest Groups • Hosting: MIT (America), ERCIM (Europe) and Keio University

(Japan) + 17 Offices (Beijing and Hong Kong) Advisory Board, Technical Architecture Group

• Liaisons with 40+ other standards bodies, Accountable to the global Public

What Open Standards Means

A lot of debates nowadays for a common definition

of Open Standards(IGF, EC, etc)• Transparent process • Open participation • Technical Consensus • Running code • Free and Persistent Specification • W3C Patent Policy for Web Technologies

W3C Standards Track

W3C Results

W3C Patent Policy

Director's Decision May 2003: The availability of aninteroperable, unencumbered Web infrastructure providesan expanding foundation for innovative applications, profitable commerce, and the free flow of information andideas on a commercial and non-commercial basis

• Method:• W3C Patent licensing definition • Disclosure rules • Exception Handling: Patent Advisory Group (PAG)

Official Standard Liaisons

With ISO/IEC/JTC1, ITU, ETSI/CEN, Nationals• recent ISO ARO approval • several ISO TC/W3C WG technical liaisons • more and more national activities (ANSI, RGI,

eGov) • difficult for W3C to track all the policy

development • participation in UN/IGF Dynamic Coalition on

Open Standards • participation in ICTSB