Another View on Transparency

I thought that some on this list might find it interesting to check in on
an on-line forum that will run for two hours this afternoon, with posts
generally continuing for some time thereafter.

Transparency, not surprisingly, is a factor that some governments have
historically taken into effect in deciding which standard setting bodies to
look kindly on and which not.  Until recently (to my knowledge) , this
hasn't gone more deeply than favoring ISO/IEC/ITU standards over all others
standards, often pejoratively referred to en masse as "private standards."
A related part of the dialogue now ongoing in Europe is whether to give
increasing credibility to consortium-developed standards, and this is where
the two threads join.

So here is yet another viewpoint to consider on the transparency issue,
while noting that the definition of "transparency" itself remains
subjective.

Andy
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Dear Andrew Updegrove,
I just wanted to remind you that TalkStandards’ Open Forum: Transparency in
EU  standardization is today 5-7 PM Central European Time. The forum can be
found at the following page:
http://www.talkstandards.com/transparency-in-eu-standardization/

We have received the following interesting contributions:
      ·         Edvard Kožušník, IMCO, “Interview with Edvard Kožušník,
      Rapporteur of the IMCO Committee”
      ·         Elena Santiago, CEN-CENELEC, ”Transparency’s role in
      CEN-CENELEC operations”
      ·         Knut Blind, the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication
      Systems, “Trade-Offs related to the Transparency in the European
      Standardisation System”
      ·         Ken Krechmer, University of Colorado , ”Modernising ICT
      Standardisation in the EU – The Way Forward”
      ·         Valentin Nikonov, UNECE , ”Reform of Standardization
      Policy: Building a Risk-Based Regulatory System”
      ·         Ajit Jaokar, Futuretext , “The Silence of the Chips”
      ·         Helen Disney, , “The Dangers of Compulsory FRAND Conditions
      ”
      ·         Simon Hicks, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
      (UK) , “The European Framework for Transparent Standardisation”
      ·         Marcus Glader, Vinge, “Transparency in standardization
      under EU policies”
      ·         Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, OASIS, “Transparency in EU
      Standardisation - Response from OASIS”
      ·         Mattias Ganslandt, CELEC, “The Pros and Cons of
      Transparency”
I  also wanted to take the opportunity to inform you that next week we will
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