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Subject: [humanmarkup] RFC:HM.requirements:Security
Hi Everyone, I thought it would be handy for you all to have an example of how best to register your comments on requirements as they occur to you. By using a Subject Line as shown in this message: RFC:HM.rquirements:WhateverArea you will facilitate the process of gathering together our comments in one set of threads so that we can amalgamate them for review in a few months. Very few months. Time Flys. So, now on to my comments. We need to be compatible with several standards that are developing in parallel with our standards. I will compile a list of such efforts soon. We will not know, or have a good measure of what criteria we need to employ -- if we need to employ anything other than compatibility -- until the weather clears over this area, so making broad statements now serves little purpose now. However, I can say that I strongly suspect that we may need or want to drive requirements onto other specs to more adequately protect privacy in our bailiwick. That remains to be seen, but I am not hearing much except, "Uh, Punt," from other groups. The issues of rights and negotiations get right in the way of developing many of the specifications that need to get written now, so deferring this issue and hoping that the specific standards efforts that have taken on the issues will take care of it seems to be the norm. The problem is that most of the Security efforts currently underway are being performed by special interests, rather than general interests, so as generalists in service of individual rights in a more focused way than any others I have yet perused, we may need to say something about it. I am hearing respect for privacy from all standards, but I am just not seeing it encapsulated in requirements or specifications, yet. Granted, I have not looked closely at all such efforts. One way or another, even if we find that we don't actually have to weigh in ourselves, we do have to satisfy ourselves that our concerns are handled properly. Ciao, Rex -- Rex Brooks GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com Email: rexb@starbourne.com Tel: 510-849-2309 Fax: By Request
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