Trond's Opening Standard

Sixteen Soundbites From An IPR Workshop

By trond-arne.undheim on November 21, 2008 9:16 AM

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...

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The Case for Open Standards

By trond-arne.undheim on November 1, 2008 4:02 AM

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...

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From EIF 1.0 to EIF 2.0

By trond-arne.undheim on September 26, 2008 6:52 AM

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...

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Semantic interoperability in Europe

By trond-arne.undheim on August 26, 2008 7:50 AM

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...

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How to Select Standards and Specifications for Europe

By trond-arne.undheim on August 15, 2008 6:47 PM

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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