While international consensus seems assured through the traditional processes of the International Organization of Standardization (ISO), the best known and most powerful standards body, the long time required to make decisions is a major impediment to ISO's influence in the rapidly changing information technology arena.
Roy Rada
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Why do some standards development organizations (SDOs) provide standards for free and others charge significant amounts of money for them? The fees from the sale of standards and the stringent policies on sharing copies of standards may decrease the number of people who access these documents and may thus reduce the impact of the standards.
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