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,...
...survive. An II contains huge numbers of components. Most of them alternate between standardisation and change throughout their lifetime. These components are interdependent: one is changed while others have to...
...being used as a component of immigration eligibility. The sampling of the performances and other considerations for standard setting are discussed in the context of the Guidelines for Test Adaptation...
...together the right expertise and technical skills to effectuate a standard that reflects current theory and practice? This case study examines the development of the DRCP in response to these...
We study institutional entrepreneurship in an emergent field by analyzing the case of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and its efforts to purposefully institutionalize the practice of sustainability reporting. We...
...hope they conclude that this transformation was managed wisely, and that the competencies and best practices that have been carefully developed over the last 130 years of standards setting are...
...research into the FLOSS phenomenon which has occurred over the past two years. The document also indicates the significant progress that has been made since the first version in making...
...the ongoing operational expense will also contribute to lowering the cost of government. By engaging the worldwide open source community, governments can benefit from each others’ efforts and share applications...
While FOSS development can raise many legal issues, a few topics predominate in our work; these are the issues most integral to FOSS projects. This Primer provides a baseline of...
When Oracle announced that it would compete with Red Hat for the support business of Red Hat’s own customers, it also sent a message intended to comfort the Linux community,...