A proposal for an alternative standards setting process

Author

Jakobs, Kai

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Rheinisch-Westfalische Tech. Hochschule, Aachen, Germany

Volume

40

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

123

Abstract

The article unveils and discusses some of the internal and external forces that shape standardization. What would happen if it were solely up to the market to standardize? What are the motivations behind corporate activities in standards setting, which are, after all, costly and tend to be frustratingly slow? Why would users want to have standards? Answers to these questions are given, based on a critical literature review, combined with insights obtained from a survey. Finally, a proposal for a new standards setting process is made that takes all these issues into account

Keywords

commerce; standardisation; telecommunication standards; ETSI; European Telecommunications Standards Institute; IETF; ITU; International Telecommunication Union; Internet Engineering Task Force; communication network; compatibility; corporate activities; costs; information and communication technology; literature review; market standardization; standards developing organization; standards setting process; survey; Communication standards; Communications technology; Corporate activities; Electric breakdown; Proposals; Shape; Software standards; Standardization; Standards development; Standards organizations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2002.1018016

Filename

1018016