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This paper presents the way in which international standards for information technology are organized, and what are the driving forces behind such standards. The paper comments on the criteria for success of IT standards and suggests shortcomings in the current approach to standardization that need to be rectified to enable complete inter-operability in the future.
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Olle, T.W. (1996). Impact of standardization work on the future of information technology. In: Terashima, N., Altman, E. (eds) Advanced IT Tools. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34979-4_12
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