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Improving Government Access Through The Web

By trond-arne.undheim on May 14, 2009 7:32 AM

This week, the W3C's eGovernment Interest Group published a good document called Improving Access to Government through Better Use of the Web, describing the variety of issues and challenges faced by governments in their efforts to apply 21st century capabilities...

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Cloud Manifestos, Open Standards and Pockets

By trond-arne.undheim on March 30, 2009 4:05 PM

Amid the requisite dose of controversy, leaks, and hypocrisy in order to make a bit of a splash, the Cloud Computing Manifesto was launched today. The aim seems to be to lay down the law of the clouds. Is this...

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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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Open Standards and Intellectual Property Rights

By trond-arne.undheim on October 10, 2008 4:49 PM

Les2008finalView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: open standards)...

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The New Generation of Standardistas? The Open Web Foundation

By trond-arne.undheim on September 10, 2008 4:31 PM

The standards world is sometimes viewed as a bunch of old men sitting together for an eternity in esoteric (but warm) locations for years and years without contact with the outside world. Finally, in the summer of 2008 we saw...

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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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Top Five Open Standards Setting Organizations

By trond-arne.undheim on August 12, 2008 11:51 AM

CEN's consortia survey (2007) identified several hundred fora/consortia. So, there are a myriad of arenas in which to potentially engage. Standards participants – whether they are small or large companies, governments, or individuals – cannot be everywhere. So, what standards...

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