The U.K. has become the latest country to conclude that for information and communications technology (ICT) procurement purposes, “open standards” means “royalty free standards.” While apparently falling short of a...
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...Accessibility requirements derived from federal laws Other Changes Ballot secrecy Improved auditability User-centered design Reorganized to simplify usage and focus on functional requirements Manuals Penetration testing Component testing pilot program...
The practice of certifying compliance with standards is almost as old as the creation of standards themselves. This should come as no surprise, because the vast majority of standards are...
...an employee or contractor of a company, to the extent that company owns patents that might be infringed by the use of the code, obtaining a corresponding patent license from...
...true, but I hadn’t expected that it would happen so quickly, and even so precisely. In the latest example, it almost makes you wonder whether those involved have read my...
In this paper we examine the process of setting and enforcing standards for information technology and systems in companies having multiple business units. Unique challenges to this process include managing...
...consider adopting Microsoft’s Open XML along with OpenDocument if the company’s format is certified by Ecma. “If you have a product that’s going to be accepted in the international community,...
In this article we examine the rapid emergence and expansion of standardized product and process frameworks and a private-sector compliance and enforcement infrastructure that we believe may increasingly be providing...
...world of information and communications technology, new types of certifications for standards development organizations themselves are needed, developed and administered by a new type of global accrediting body. Download PDF...