Re: RE : Re: Federation protocols

On 12 June 2013 19:09, Evan Prodromou <evan@e14n.com> wrote:

>  On 13-06-12 11:24 AM, Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak wrote:
>
> Federation, however, needs interoperability.
>
> That's not true.
>
> It's possible to have an Open Source social server that's a *de facto*standard even though there's not a lot of other implementations of the
> protocol.
>
> jabberd in the early years of XMPP would be a good example.
>
> I think interop is great and all that, but I think it's actually a slower
> and more difficult route to federation than widespread adoption of a de
> facto standard Open Source implementation.
>
> The more permissive the license, and the more participatory the project,
> the better.
>

It's worth taking a second to ask what balance of properties a standard
should have.  While far from perfect, every major standards body has so far
agreed on these rough five principles:

http://open-stand.org/principles/


   - *Due process.* Decisions are made with equity and fairness among
   participants. No one party dominates or guides standards development.
   Standards processes are transparent and opportunities exist to appeal
   decisions. Processes for periodic standards review and updating are well
   defined.
   - *Broad consensus.* Processes allow for all views to be considered and
   addressed, such that agreement can be found across a range of interests.
   - *Transparency.* Standards organizations provide advance public notice
   of proposed standards development activities, the scope of work to be
   undertaken, and conditions for participation. Easily accessible records of
   decisions and the materials used in reaching those decisions are provided.
   Public comment periods are provided before final standards approval and
   adoption.
   - *Balance.* Standards activities are not exclusively dominated by any
   particular person, company or interest group.
   - *Openness.* Standards processes are open to all interested and
   informed parties.




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> -Evan
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