| Standardisation Processes in It: Impact, Problems and Benefits of User Participation 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Jakobs, Kai (Author) |
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ISBN: 3528056894 ISBN-13: 9783528056896 Publisher: Vieweg+teubner Verlag OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1999 Annotation: Standards have to meet the demands of their potential users to survive in the market. Particularly in the fast moving IT domain this has not always been the case. The book shows what can be done to develop good standards, which are geared to market requirements. Against common wisdom it claims that the popular call for more users on the standards committees is counter-productive. Analysis is provided to support this claim, and show what has to be done to actually produce useful IT standards. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Computers | Computer Science |
| Dewey: 004 |
| Series: Professional Computing |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.95 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2. 1 Standards and Standardisation in IT -A General Overview The process of standardisation cannot be regarded as a simple, one- dimensional activity required to lay down technical rules and guidelines, taking place in a removed world of its own. Rather, it must be considered in conjunction with the environment within which it takes place. Very different facets need to be taken into account when trying to actually understand this process. Even if we disregard social, moral and religious rules for the moment, standards -still in a very general sense -have been with us for quite some time: about 5,000 years ago the first alphabets emerged, enabling completely new forms of communication and information storage. Some 2,500 years later, the first national, coin-based currency, invented by the Lydians, established the basis for easier inter-regional and even international trading. The industrial revolution in the 18th century and, more so, the advent of the railroad in the 19th century resulted in a need for technical standards, which was once more reinforced when mass production generated a demand for interchangeable parts. In parallel, the invention of the electric telegraph in 1837 triggered the development of standards in the field of electrical communication technology. In 1865, the International Telegraph Union -to become the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 1932 -was founded by twenty states. The other major international standards setting body, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), was established in 1947. |