Vertical information systems standards are designed to promote communication and coordination among the organizations comprising a particular industry sector; these standards may address product identification, data definitions, business document layout,...
...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...
...member of certain core labor standards (CLS): freedom from forced labor, absence of discrimination, elimination of exploitative use of child workers, and rights of workers to associate freely and engage...
...you commit to pay it, and gain the benefit of competitive bidding as well. You'd be crazy to take on such a large financial commitment any other way, wouldn't you?...
...include the headcount for the secret Air Force test facility in Area 51 that officially does not exist). In all, Nevada has more than 70 million acres, 60 million of...
...SSOs have adopted search, disclosure, and licensing rules that restrict their members’ use of IP. In the essay, the author agrees with the limited antitrust scrutiny of SSOs’ IP rules...
...factors influencing developers’ participation within the free/open source community, including their perceptions of differences within the community and with the commercial software world, personal, ethical, political and economic motives for...
...more countries joined SC 34, the committee within ISO/IEC's Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) that addresses document formats, at the Observer (O) level. Then, in the final weeks and days before...
...and (ii) stand-alone classes are more effective than infusion strategies. A pilot program was developed to test whether solid results could be achieved via partial solutions to these problems. The...
...the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XRBL). XBRL, an XML-based freely available global standard, provides a common platform for critical business reporting processes and for improving the reliability and ease of...