Compatibility standards are used to govern the interaction of products and components in a technological system. In other words, they are the shared language that technologies use to communicate with...
...conditions, such as the rate of growth of demand and the distribution system, leads to a complete positive theory of standards setting. This complete theory explains the otherwise surprising reversal....
...the different stakeholders – EU, Member State governments and industry – is the definition of open standards as the implications of this definition affect government services and business practices across...
...Department of Justice issued a business review letter on this topic to the VITA organization in October 2006 and currently is considering a different ex ante proposal by the IEEE....
Enterprise Architecture planning and development (EAP) uses a combination of business and technology viewpoints to promote effective and efficient use of IT in a complex enterprise. Classic EAP, however, does...
This paper examines the impact of messaging and technical standards on competition in the supply of securities transaction management services. Two simple switching cost models are used to clarify the...
...“developed” by consortia composed of industry, NGO and government agency representatives, usually from all over the world. Restrictions on the deployment of standards is an overriding contemporary problem in all...
Rule languages and rule systems are widely used in business applications including computer-aided training, diagnostic fact finding, compliance monitoring, and process control. However, there is little interoperability between current rule-based...
...is inherently complex to model. A comprehensive and standardized vocabulary to model characteristics of geographic entities is required. Furthermore applications with the need to share information should have an agreement...
SSO PARTICIPATION is a legal area that is coming under increased scrutiny. The conduct of members in standard setting organizations (“SSOs”) has been the subject of a series of relatively...