Entries from Trond's Opening Standard tagged with 'European Commission'
The Software, Standards and Society in 2020 Series: 7. The Standardization Landscape in 2020
When you try to pitch a film, you try to relate it to another successful film. So, you might say of a Sci-Fi movie script: “it is Forrest Gump meets StarTrek”. Similarly, one could say of the future of standardization,...
The Software, Standards and Society in 2020 Series: 2. Software's Connectedness Paradox
The software industry changing rapidly these days. Technologies and business models with mass appeal are very much part of this picture, but more incremental change is also gaining momentum and the results are adding up. Software has become ubiquitous in...
The Transformational Potential of Software Standards
Let me first make a preamble of some importance to what I am about to say. The preamble is: the Internet is a software phenomenon. The extraordinary growth provided by the Internet platform is unmatched, think of companies, consumer products,...
Commission calls for doubling funding for ICT research and innovation
Friday's Commission Communication is well worth a quick scan: "A Strategy for ICT R&D and Innovation in Europe: Raising the Game" (press release, full text). The document says ICT represents 12 million jobs in Europe and the ICT sector represents...
Browser wars—still going strong?
Thee European Commission has, again, issued a Statement of Objections (SO) against Microsoft finding that The evidence gathered during the investigation leads the Commission to believe that the tying of Internet Explorer with Windows, which makes Internet Explorer available on...
Sixteen Soundbites From An IPR Workshop
I will soon publish my impression from a highly entertaining European Commission workshop on intellectual property rights and ICT standards on 19 November 2008 in Brussels, Belgium held at the Bedford Hotel, formerly a cotton mill. Since I attended yesterday...
The Case for Open Standards
Yesterday, I presented to the OFE Executive Council in London about the work of OFE's Standards Special Interest Group, with a very clear message: there is a good case for Open Standards. 31oct2008 SigpublicView SlideShare presentation or Upload your...
Open Standards and Intellectual Property Rights
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From EIF 1.0 to EIF 2.0
The European Commission's draft EIF 2.0, which was available on the IDABC website for public comment until 22 September 2008 is a significant step forward in terms of open standards based interoperability in Europe. Actually, I think it that if...
Benchmarking e-government, opening standards
Comparing approaches across government is a great way to learn. However, in the article Benchmarking eGovernment: tools, theory, and practice in the European Journal of ePractice no. 4, August 2008 by Cristiano Codagnone and myself , we document there are...
Semantic interoperability in Europe
Semantic Interoperability can enable IT-solutions independent of languages and administrative boundaries. So, the EU should care. Luckily, they do. Semic.eu is a European repository of semantic assets launched in June 2008. Already, experts from over 20 countries are discussing under...
How to Select Standards and Specifications for Europe
Who knew that convergence would be a European strength? A draft Common Assessment Method for Standards and Specification (CAMSS), produced by Clementine Valayer from the Belgian consultant firm Trasys for the IDABC programme of the European Commission is now out...
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