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Monday 29 September 2008, 10:03 AM
Idea - ISO's World Standards Day is 14 October
In two weeks, ISO is celebrating World Standards Day, along with IEC and ITU. That might make a good day to focus attention on efforts to improve its work in IT standards.
"World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances," says the ISO announcement.
The event is much broader than IT standards - this year, it is about sustainable buildings. But it might be a suitable day for helpful public statements from groups who agree with IBM that standards processes need some work.
It's a day when good standards work is celebrated, so it might also be a suitable day for ISO to respond to criticism in this area where it's widely felt to have fallen short....
"World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances," says the ISO announcement.
The event is much broader than IT standards - this year, it is about sustainable buildings. But it might be a suitable day for helpful public statements from groups who agree with IBM that standards processes need some work.
It's a day when good standards work is celebrated, so it might also be a suitable day for ISO to respond to criticism in this area where it's widely felt to have fallen short....
PreviousComments on this post
You've now got me trying to think up a fake news story about sponsorship for World Standards Day being sold to the most persistent and insidious bidder ...
That's a fanciful idea isn't it?
No wait a minute, there are sponsors for the US branch of the celebrations, World Standards Week...
It's interesting to see who is there...
http://www.ansi.org/meetings_events/wsw08/sponsorship.aspx?menuid=8
I don't think it matches your idea - the process is open enough to tell us Diamond sponsors pay $4000 for adverts in the programme, and entry to special sessions.
