Statement of the Open Internet of Things Assembly
at London, United Kingdom
on the 17th June, 2012
Invitation to participate (http://bit.ly/openiot)
We, the undersigned, believe that the class of technologies currently described as the “Internet of Things” has genuine potential to deliver value, meaning, insight, and fun as well as a totalitarian control society. Its definition, however, is not self-explanatory, nor do we believe these benefits are by any means guaranteed. There are areas that need to be explored, understood and considered carefully in order to secure the potential we see
Our concerns include, but are not limited to, the following:
– Note: Words rendered in bold in the following require definition in natural, nontechnical language.
Licensing provisions
- Licensors may explicitly grant rights to third parties (licensees) to use their data.
- Data ownership should remain with the Licensor.
- Data feeds should have human- and machine-readable licenses attached to them.
[“Bits should know their rights.”] - We consider data captured by devices compliant with these guidelines to be analogous to any other Digital Commons data. The existing Creative Commons language provides a useful basis for engagement, for example: “Every license helps creators — we call them licensors if they use our tools — retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of their work — at least non-commercially.”
- Individuals (who may not be the Licensors) must be granted license to any machine-generated data that is created, collected or otherwise generated that relates to them.
- Individuals (who may not be the Licensors) should have the right to remain anonymous, retain the ability to license data on an anonymous basis, and be offered the ability to license data at whatever available granularity or resolution (e.g. temporal or spatial) is most suited to their purposes.
Goal: Accessibility of data
Data should be released in at least one format, protocol, and API with the following characteristics:
- free, public documentation
- royalty-free to use, indefinitely
- open source parsers/libraries available
In order to qualify for certification of compliance with these principles, the format, protocol or API in question should feature a minimum of two independent reference implementations
Goal: Timeliness of access
Data should be released:
- without imposed delay, based on the accessibility principle above;
- at the resolution at which it has been acquired;
- to the data subject for as long as the provider hosts the data and for at least a pre-agreed duration of time
Goal: Preservation of privacy
Data subjects should have the rights:
- to know what data is being collected about them, by whom, and for what stated purpose;
- to consent to that collection;
- and to take such measures as are necessary to prevent the collection attempt if they do not consent to it.
Reasonable efforts should be made to protect confidentiality and privacy of the data subject.
Goal: Transparency of process
Data controllers should inform data subjects that deleting all copies of data may be technically unfeasible once published.
Where data is collected from public space, data subjects and stakeholders should have a role in decision-making and governance.
Call to action
We invite you — whether in a personal or a professional capacity, or both — to help shape the agenda for an Open Internet of Things. We encourage you to provide insights and stimulate debate in this process, and to contribute to the development of a final community statement of principles to be released on the 17th of September, 2012.
SIGNATORIES
Chris Adams @mrchrisadams
Thomas Amberg @tamberg
Alban Amouroux @multiroom
Jessi Baker @jessibaker
Ben Bashford @bashford
Stepan Bechynsky @stepanb
Rob Bevan @robbevan
Peter Bihr @peterbihr
Reuben Binns @RDBinns
Ilze Black @iblack
Ed Borden @edborden
Pepe Borrás @PepeBorras
Jean-Paul Calbimonte @jpcik
Natasha Carolan @NatashaCarolan
Hakim Cassimally @osfameron
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino @iotwatch
Gisela Domschke @gdomschke
Charalampos (Harry) Doukas @BuildingIoT
Martin Dittus @dekstop
Matt Edgar @mattedgar
Stefan Ferber @stefferber
Laura Forlano @laura4lano
Andy Gelme @geekscape
David Gilmore @gilmorenator
Hannah Goraya @yorkhannah
Jag Goraya @jagusti
Fotis Grammatikopoulos @IOT33
Adam Greenfield
Bill Harpley @billharpley
Trevor Harwood @postscapes
Usman Haque @uah
Edward Horsford @edwardhorsford
Mirko Jahn @mirkojahn
Gareth James @mrgarethjames
Laura James @LaurieJ
James Johnston @digitalenergy53
Thorsten Kampp @thorstenkampp
Eleftherios Kosmas @elkos
Hans-Jürgen Kugler @hjkugler
Dan Lockton @danlockton
Adrian McEwen @amcewen
Nathan Miller @nathanNmiller
Teodor Mitew @tedmitew
Cruz Monrreal II @MrCruzII
Javier Montaner @tumaku
Francesca Murtas @ghettoD2
Stefan Negru @blankdots
Sami Niemelä @samin
Nicolas Nova @nicolasnova
Nick O’Leary @knolleary
Conor O’Neill @conoro
Mac Oosthuizen @emeasee
Konstantinos Papagiannopoulos @hellokonputer
Christine Perey @cperey
Jessica Perez @smlwonder21
Christopher Pett @crjpett
Michael Pinney @mpinney
Jamie Pither @jamiepither
Marc Pous @gy4nt
Hariharan Rajasekaran @electrohari
Xavier Righetti @thefabricdotcom
John Riley @johniot
George Sarmonikas @magicnode
Hans Scharler @scharler
Kass Schmitt @kassschmitt
Talyta Singer @ytasinger
Marilena Skavara @marilena_sk
Iskander Smit @iskandr
Daniel Soltis @ds1935
Martin Spindler @mjays
Sandro Stark @sandrostark
Gavin Starks @agentGav
Paul Tanner @paul_tanner
Vincent Teuben @vincentteuben
Laura Till @Hebberling
Ben Ward @crouchingbadger
Adriana Wilde @AdrianaGWilde
Excel Asama @ivission
Erik van der Zee @erikvanderzee
Rob van Kranenburg @robvk
Hugo Vincent @hugov
Georgina Voss @gsvoss
Sara Cordoba @booreiland
Angel Raúl Molina Molina @angelulz_
The Open Assembly of The Internet of Things as it Happened Live:
http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Open_IoT_Assembly?Page=0
http://storify.com/PepeBorras/opent-iot-assembly
Original Collaborative Google doc
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