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Specifically, this document provides a catalyst for the discussion of foundational ecosystem concepts to help the working group develop an initial scope for the establishment and lifecycle management of ecosystems.
This document addresses four five topics:
- What is an “Ecosystem”?
- What is a "ToIP Ecosystem"?
- What is an “Ecosystem a “ToIP Ecosystem Project”?
- How would we describe the lifecycle management of an ToIP Ecosystem Project?
- Provide an exemplar use case to help visual the lifecycle management workflow concepts.
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A community of stakeholders that may include any of: business entities, government agencies and individuals forged around a common purpose to deliver or consume specific products and services. Stakeholders relationships may include those of business partners, service providers, customers, consumers and competitors among others. Each entity in the ecosystem influences and is influenced by the others, creating dynamic relationships constrained by formal governance and policies with the overall goal of deriving shared-value through trusted relationships.
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What is a ToIP Ecosystem?
In While the definitions above are very good from the standpoint of an overall business definition of the term, in the context of the ToIP stack I believe we can have a more technically and legally precise definition of a ToIP ecosystem:
The set of all parties who have rights , duties and responsibilities under a governance framework for applications at Layer Four of the ToIP stack. Note that a ToIP Layer Four ecosystem governance framework may span other ToIP governance frameworks operating at any layer.
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What is an ToIP Ecosystem Project?
A formalized collaborative activity, managed by members of an existing or prospective ToIP Ecosystem, that leverages the guidance of the ToIP Ecosystem Foundry Working Group (EFWG) to establish and maintain an operational implementation of a specific instance of a ToIP-compatible governance framework and a ToIP Interoperability Profile (TIP). Notes:
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