STATUS OF ITU LIAISON November 1993 Vint Cerf Three or four iterations with ITU general secretary, Pekka Tarjanne. Most recent provided documentation to ITU about ISOC and the IAB and IETF and the draft standards process. Advised by ITU that request for waiver of approx $60K/year in fees would be taken up May 1994. These fees are new and a result of the recent re-organization of CCITT as ITU-T. The Secretary- General does not have the authority to waive fees unilaterally. A number of other organizations are in the same boat. STATUS OF ISO LIAISON Reference: Internet Draft "Liaison between Internet and other standardization agencies" June 1993 (Huitema/IAB) OMNICOM Open Systems Communication Nov 1 1993 (talks about SC6 effort at Seoul meeting in October to set stage for category A liaison with Internet Society. Open: terms and conditions of a memorandum of understanding for joint work and common objectives. Huitema/IAB: "...agreements...should not affect the IETF process nor [prejudice] in any way the results of the IPng discussions." 1. Recognition of IETF Internet Standards on an international basis improves government access to Internet-based products and services in many countries. 2. ISOC is also interested in establishing liaison relations for purposes of promoting expansion and use of Internet infrastructure world-wide. Brief History 1. Inter-regional Tele-communications Standards Conferences 20 Feb 1990 - Vicksburg, VA (Cerf and Rutkowski) Sep 1991 - Nice, France (Chapin) One result: ITU information server on the Internet to make some ITU documents available. December 12, 1992 Letter to ISO ISOC requests Category A liaison between ISO and ISOC. In parallel: SC6 proposes Category C arrangement March 1993 IETF meeting. Open IAB meeting discusses proposals and differences between Category A and C relations. A: Peer to Peer (ISOC to ISO) C: working group can submit contributions to ISO working groups. [There is an implicit reciprocity since IETF has mechanisms for accepting contributions from many sources] Action on Category C proposal deferred subject to Category A resolution. October 1993 Seoul (SC6 Plenary) Chapin, Houldsworth et al involved in discussions leading to recommendations from SC6 to JTC 1 (the ISO/IEC secretariat) to pursue a Memorandum of Understanding under Category A between ISO/SC6 and ISOC. Reference: SC 6 N 8420 "Statement of Expected Benefits Regarding Liaison between Internet Society and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6" Proposed MOU to include: 1) agreed benefits and objectives 2) procedures for protocol change management SC6 View of Goals and Benefits -Simplify deployment and operation of global comm infra- structure -Facilitate growth of infra- structure based on open systems standards -Reduce complexity and costs by reducing alternatives -Use scarce expert networking resources in devising protocols -Promote use of ISO/IEC standards [Note - these do not represent inputs from IAB, IETF and are not proposed to be taken up without adequate review, discussion and adaptation by IETF and IAB - VGC] JTC1 rules require some statement of benefits from establishing liaisons and above is the SC6 perspective. Proposed next step is discussion of principles which should govern such agreements from IETF and IAB perspective (cf: Huitema, November 3 IETF BOF). A thought: it may turn out to be more productive to engage in topic- specific discussions with appropriate ISO Technical and Sub-Committees and then generalize from there, if it seems worthwhile. If joint discussions of a technical nature are conducted, agreement as to who may do what with the results of the discussion are probably in order.