Summary
State-of-the-art information technology enables a variety of specific metrological applications. The first benefit for the metrology community is in significantly increased remote functionality of the measuring systems (e.g., connected in distributed legal metrology measuring systems, or remote operation of the measuring instruments in severe environmental conditions). The next significant improvement comes from the introduction of new metrological services (e.g., time service, remote calibration, and remote software validation). Finally, it is important to mention the increased availability of the metrology-related information which is available on the World Wide Web. Presented approaches and solutions are not exclusively specific for the metrology community; however, it is important to mention them in order to make metrologists aware of their existence. This chapter is not an attempt at giving the complete overview of available solutions, but rather the first insight into the mentioned areas which will be the starting point for further investigations.
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Tasić, T. (2009). Internet-Enabled Metrology. In: Pavese, F., Forbes, A. (eds) Data Modeling for Metrology and Testing in Measurement Science. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4804-6_14
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