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5 Governance: Toward a future safe and sustainable knowledge society, governance is essential to
reduce global risks and increase human sustainability. New forms of governance are inevitable to
continue economic growth and regulate markets and technologies.
The future network and computing infrastructure will provide the fundamental facilities and environments
to realize the concepts of all conscious things. Key concepts toward a new knowledge society are coming
from understandings on how information and knowledge/intelligence via the ICT infrastructure are used to
change human life and business behaviours.

8 ICT standardization for future knowledge society

Principles for knowledge eco-society
Knowledge society is based on the needs of knowledge distribution, access to information and capability to
transfer information into knowledge. Knowledge distribution is one of the key requirements of the
knowledge society. All the members have to understand the role of the knowledge society in the future
development of human society. A knowledge society promotes human rights and offers equal, inclusive,
universal access to all knowledge creation. There are basic principles that are essential for the development
of knowledge society:
– (Equal access and open interface): A public and an open accessible knowledge has uncountable
values in various areas of science and technology as well as in the business domain. It provides an
opportunity for all to access local and global information in a more equitable manner. From the
viewpoint of standardization, "open" means that the public information including ITU-T documents
is available and is within the reach of the public (online), with low to no barriers for its reuse and
consumption. Anonymous access to knowledge must be allowed for the public. Public data should
not be hidden behind "walled gardens". Therefore, the knowledge society provides open and equal
access, and universal access to ITU-T documents though better networking.
– (Trust): Trust including security and privacy is a prerequisite for the development of the future
knowledge society. Published documents should be digitally signed or should include
publication/creation date, authenticity, and integrity. Digital signatures help the public validate the
source of the data they find so that they can trust that the data has not been modified since it was
published. Trust needs to share the environmental knowledge for sustainable development to
reduce all kinds of risks. The certification or trust to ensure user access of reliable and relevant ITU-
T documents is inevitable.
– (No privileges and universal access): The benefits of the information and communication
technologies are evenly distributed and widely open to a new digital opportunity to realize the
future knowledge society. All knowledge extracted by data is made available to the public since
knowledge is an invisible public good. Public data including ITU-T documents is not subject to valid
privacy, security or privilege limitations. Public data is not subject to any copyright, patent,
trademark or trade secret regulation. Reasonable privacy, security and privilege restrictions may be
allowed with certain consensus or agreement. Therefore, the knowledge society provides a
collaborative and an equal opportunity of knowledge in the public domain. Some harmony may be
needed between the private sector and the public/social/government organizations to achieve a
future knowledge society.
– (Lifelong learning): Pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons is ongoing,
voluntary, and self-motivated. Lifelong learning recognizes that learning is not confined to childhood
or to a classroom but that it takes place throughout life and in a range of situations. Learning can no
longer be divided into a place and time to acquire knowledge (school) and a place and time to apply
the knowledge acquired (workplace). Learning can take place on an ongoing basis from our daily
interactions with others. There are several forms of learning: formal learning, informal learning, or
self-directed learning.

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