- From: Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:47:29 +0200
- To: Trond Arne Undheim <trond-arne.undheim@oracle.com>
- Cc: eGov IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
El 06/03/2009, a las 15:07, Trond Arne Undheim escribió: > Dear Jose et. al, > > Congratulations on a strong document that clarifies many important > issues. > > I have a few suggestions; > 1) In the Background section, you say: "Governments are increasingly > finding value in Web standards created at W3C, these standards > currently enjoy broad use in eGovernment and some have been named in > laws and put into practice in a variety of countries." > while this is true, it remains the case that in Europe, one cannot > readily reference fora/consortia standards and specifications > neither in policy nor in legislation because of the EU legislative > framework, specifically Directive 98/34 and CD 87/95. > > I feel our report should reflect that this while a unified IT > industry has wanted a reform for several years now, and the fact > that such a reform was hinted at in an informal Way Forward document > by the European Commission last year, nothing has happened yet, and > the reform must wait until the next Commission. > > Meanwhile, it remains true, as our report says, that web standards > are used and to some extent referenced in government documents. This > shows the enormous importance of such standards. Opening ISSUE-5 Trond, would you mind to add a reference or two to backup this one? To the directives, etc.? You can respond directly to this email or add them by editing this issue directly at: http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/issues/5 Please, feel free to propose specific wording you'd like to see in the doc, too. -- Jose
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