Development of national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure is a kind of activity that government engage to in order to create a rubric of progress and to promote diffusion...
...on 20 sectors and seven countries. These results are generally in concordance with the findings of Germany. After a summary of the results, recommendations for future standardization practice are given....
...should — mean, and how the open source and the open standards communities should agree upon a common definition to permit the advancement of their mutual (and equally important) efforts....
This report is the work product of a special working group commissioned in 2003 by the Aerospace Industries Association Board of Governors to assess the state of standard setting in...
...directories of the Internet, which are currently under the indirect control of the United States Department of Commerce. This dispute has been a diversion from the more important work of...
In this article we examine the legitimacy of committee standardization as an alternative to pure market processes of technical standardization of information and communication technology (ICT). We argue that not...
...example, she can purchase a cell phone, laptop, freezer, stove, or vacuum cleaner made by a large multinational company that is a household name around the world. Similarly, environmental activists...
In fulfilling their missions, government agencies and organizations reference a variety of technical standards in rule making, in procurement, and in other activities. Since its enactment in 1996, the National...
Whether government should incline towards leading, following or simply getting out of the way [in standard setting] is a matter upon which there are likely to be strongly held differences...
The American system of standardization has strong traditions of voluntarism, local control, meritocracy, rights to prevent one’s own interests, and a marked preference for private coordination of commercial activity. By...