The dynamics of standards

著者

• Egyedi, Tineke M.
• Blind, Knut

書誌事項

The dynamics of standards

edited by Tineke M. Egyedi, Knut Blind

Edward Elgar, c2008

注記

Bibliography: p. 190-204

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book addresses the new field of standards dynamics. It focuses in particular on the tension between standards and change. Standards are points of reference and should therefore be inherently stable (at least to a certain degree). However, technologies change at an increasing pace, particularly in the field of information technology (IT). This requires the development of more standards and more updates, and leads to increased competition between standards. In many situations problems arise, such as how to retain compatibility if standards keep on changing and whether to adopt the new version. If standards are related, how does changing one standard affect the others? The contributing authors gathered here analyse the causes and scale of change in order to demonstrate how to prevent, reduce and cope with its negative impact. Addressing a number of highly up-to-date issues including the sustainability of documents and data, this book will be of great interest to those concerned with innovation, management of technology and the emerging field of standardization studies. In addition, standard-setting organizations and policymakers should be aware of the ambivalence of standards dynamics.

目次

Contents: Foreword 1. General Introduction Tineke M. Egyedi and Knut Blind PART I: THE PROBLEM OF CHANGING STANDARDS 2. The Sustainability of Digital Data: Tension Between the Dynamics and Longevity of Standards Kees van der Meer 3. An Implementation Perspective on Sources of Incompatibility and Standards' Dynamics Tineke M. Egyedi PART II: CAUSES OF CHANGE 4. + vs : Dynamics and Effects of Competing Standards of Recordable DVD-Media Stephan Gauch 5. Internet Addressing Standards: A Case Study in Standards Dynamics Driven by Bottom-Up Adoption Jos Vrancken, Marnix Kaart and Michel Soares 6. Incompatible Successors: The Failure to Graft XML onto SGML Tineke M. Egyedi and Arjan Loeffen PART III: CHANGE IN AN IMPLEMENTATION CONTEXT 7. The IEEE 802.11 WLAN Installation at RWTH Aachen University: A Case of Voluntary Vendor Lock-In Kai Jakobs 8. A Case Study of the Adoption and Implementation of STEP Josephine W. Thomas, Steve Probets, Ray Dawson and Tim King PART IV: SCALE OF CHANGE 9. How Stable are IT Standards? Tineke M. Egyedi and Petra Heijnen 10. Factors Influencing the Lifetime of Telecommunication and Information Technology Standards Knut Blind PART V: CONCLUSION 11. Conclusion Tineke M. Egyedi Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA88209443
• ISBN:
  • 9781847204868
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cheltenham, U.K.
• ページ数/冊数: xx, 208 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : T58.5
  • DC22 : 004.0218
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Information technology -- Standards