ABSTRACT: NEW WINE – OLD BOTTLES: WS-I BRINGS A NEW DIMENSION TO THE ART OF MAKING STANDARDS SUCCEED

Andrew Updegrove

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2003)

The increasing proliferation - and therefore visibility - of consortia has helped legitimate this model for collaboration. At the same time, the flexibility of the approach permits consortium founders to employ the model for diverse purposes. As a result, when new and complex interoperability opportunities evolve, the availability of the consortium process permits rapid, responsive and creative adaptation by the marketplace to meet the challenge of these new opportunities. WS-I provides an example of this dynamic in action.