Category Archives: Standards

governance vs. management

Posted on July 1, 2010 by oliver

From dictionary.com; gov·ern·ance government; exercise of authority; control. a method or system of government or management. man·age·ment the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control. skill in managing; executive ability: great management and tact. the person or persons … Continue reading →

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Ultra High Speed Standardization

Posted on March 19, 2010 by oliver

Originally posted on TalkStandards.com, 18/3/2010 Since I first got involved with eGovernment projects in the mid-nineties I have been encouraging governments that I have been working with to look towards international standards as a route to solving system interconnect challenges, … Continue reading →

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Release Version of Open XML SDK v2 is now available

Posted on March 16, 2010 by oliver

Several of my colleagues are talking about this today, after four successful technology preview releases the final version is now available. You can download version 2.0 of the Open XML SDK from the Microsoft Download Centre. For those of you … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Reformist Agenda

Posted on January 31, 2010 by oliver

Originally posted on TalkStandards, 28/01/2010 Conversations about the governance of standards setting organizations will from time to time stray towards the topic of reform, along with the need for simplicity in the standards development process. I would argue that the … Continue reading →

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RDF and Open Government Data

Posted on January 18, 2010 by oliver

More often than not the topic of RDF (W3C’s Resource Description Framework) comes up soon after you get into any conversation about open government data.  It comes up as the discussion strays into ways of making published datasets more valuable … Continue reading →

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Lost Conversations, Lost Decisions, Lost History…

Posted on November 11, 2009 by oliver

Originally posted on “TalkStandards”, 11th November 2009 There is no debate that standards have always played an important role in the design and delivery of eGovernment systems, since the mid-1990s we have been seeing standards play critical roles in data … Continue reading →

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Protecting Our Digital Heritage: Standards, Collaboration and Awareness

Posted on November 5, 2009 by oliver

Originally posted on “Microsoft On The Issues”, 5th November 2009 For governments, the digital revolution presents some important challenges, including how best to ensure that their digital documents will be accessible and readable essentially forever, regardless of how technology evolves. … Continue reading →

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The mythical “single standard”

Posted on August 2, 2009 by oliver

One standard, or multiple standards? It seems like a pretty cut and dried debate, if there was a single standard for everything in  the software world then life would be simpler. Wouldn’t it? Back in the early 90s we thought … Continue reading →

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JPEG XR (HD Photo) is now ISO/IEC 29199-2

Posted on July 30, 2009 by oliver

I’ve mentioned JPEG XR before, along with some links to information about some of the advantages that the digital picture format brings. It was pleasing to note this morning that the specification has now been ratified by ISO/IEC as IS29199-2. … Continue reading →

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Open XPS – the Open XML Paper Specification is now an ECMA Standard

Posted on July 1, 2009 by oliver

I’m surprised I missed this, I’ve been a little distracted by my recent move. It seems that back on the 16th June OpenXPS, the Open XML Paper Specification, was approved as an ECMA standard by their 97th General Assembly meeting, … Continue reading →

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