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Martin,<br>
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First, I agree with you that the WGIG has a lot on its plate already.<br>
<br>
Respectfully, I think the question you pose is too narrow though.<br>
The question is should be: <br>
<br>
What responsibliities should be included within<br>
the concept of governance of the information <br>
society (or societies)?<br>
<br>
In my opinion, we need to cover more than names and numbers, IPv6,
etc...<br>
<br>
Andy Carvin's point yesterday about the US 508 regulations is but one<br>
example of the type of relationship that I am describing.<br>
<br>
We should not just view this is an isolated issue<br>
involving a specific set of technologies, nor is it just about the UN.<br>
It is really about the broader issues of good design and implementation
practices,<br>
and the identification of and adherence to good standards.<br>
<br>
Parts of the engineering and computer science community (of which I am
a part) <br>
have been addressing these issues for a long time, both in terms of
research and practice.<br>
Yet, we seem to be discussing it here as if our role is to just<br>
wait for bad designs to pop up and then to criticize them on an
individual basis.<br>
This is not acceptable for public information systems.<br>
<br>
Certainly more needs to be done within the communities that <br>
design and deploy technologies to raise awareness and force change, but
in the<br>
context of WSIS more needs to be done to speak more directly to <br>
IT professionals and organizations about they way they work.<br>
<br>
It is almost as if the people and processes involved in<br>
engineer ICTs don't exist within the WSIS.<br>
<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
WJM<br>
<br>
<br>
Martin Olivera wrote:<br>
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<font size="2">escribió: </font>
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<font size="2">> </font>
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<font size="2">> All,</font>
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<font size="2">> </font>
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<font size="2">> We should approach the issues separately.</font>
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<font size="2">> </font>
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<font size="2">> I think the first two could be done quickly and</font>
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<font size="2">> put into a report and a request.</font>
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<font size="2">> More importantly, this *type* of problem should be</font>
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<font size="2">> covered by the results of</font>
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<font size="2">> the WGIG. This is the broader perspective of what
IG</font>
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<font size="2">> means that some </font>
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<font size="2">> people where arguing</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> for in the first phase.</font>
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<p><font size="2">What has to do Internet Governance with accesing</font>
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<font size="2">problem in a MS-biaased public UN site?</font>
<br>
<font size="2">I think that many people is giving WGIG a lot of more</font>
<br>
<font size="2">responsabilities than necessary...</font>
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<font size="2">> </font>
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<font size="2">> WJM</font>
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<font size="2">> </font>
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<font size="2">> </font>
<br>
<font size="2">> Robert Guerra wrote:</font>
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<font size="2">> </font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > trying to be productive...</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> ></font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > Any way we can communicate the results of our</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> "tests" to the relevant</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > UN Officials so that they can perhaps try to
fix</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> it ASAP. </font>
<br>
<font size="2">> ></font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > If they can not, then i would suggest that we</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> start the process of</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > formulating a formal press release to inform
the</font>
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<font size="2">> world about the lack</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > of standards..</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> ></font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > regards</font>
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<font size="2">> ></font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > Robert</font>
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<font size="2">> ></font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > At 3:41 PM +0100 1/6/05, Vittorio Bertola
wrote:</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > >Georg C. F. Greve ha scritto:</font>
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<font size="2">> > >> rp> Regards to all and Happy
Transparent and</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> Accessible New Year.</font>
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<font size="2">> > >></font>
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<font size="2">> > >>I just tried this and had problems
actually</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> getting to the documents,</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > >>others have reported similar
problems with</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> non-IE browsers on Windows</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > >>and Macintosh. It appears the site
is running on</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> Microsoft and is</font>
<br>
<font size="2">> > >>using Microsoft-only functions for
Javascript.</font>
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