Internet Governance Glossary

Some Internet stakeholders assume that a healthy and sustainable Internet is based on the principle of openness comprising first of all:

• Open global technical standards: referring to technology and content related standards
• Open communications (for everyone): referring to society at large
• Open markets: referring to economic progress
• Open institutions: referring to Internet governance characterized by multi-stakeholderism.

In addition to general terms there are several legal term, such as open access, Creative Commons (CC) and others.