Standards
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Read MoreCollaborative Efforts Towards Standards
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. They recently announced the launch of a new IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Industry Connections (IC) program: Digital Inclusion through Trust and Agency. Yahoo brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IEEE Standards…
Read MoreDigitally Consistent
Most would agree that having an enterprise data management strategy is vital for digital transformation. This interesting information came to us from MIS Asia in their article, “Why an enterprise data management strategy is vital for the digital age.” Strategy gives you a plan and a starting point. Even though most organizations have a data management strategy,…
Read MoreFinding the Value in Standards
The value of standards is about more than just messages. As the standards community rises to the challenges of semantic data, reference data, and metadata, the potential value of standards to business and information architects continues to escalate. FinExtra brought this information to our attention in their article, “Standards are more than messages.” The Standards Forum is…
Read MoreMaintaining Consistency in a World of Change
Standards are key to successful records management programs. The consistency that comes with compliance creates an environment of success. Federal News Radio brought this news to our attention in their article, “Records management should create ‘data environment to facilitate collaboration’.” Data management and records management are almost the same thing. Records are preserved for the usefulness of the data…
Read MoreStandards Were Affirmed by the Courts
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the coordinator of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, was pleased to support the recent U.S. District Court ruling in favor of ASTM International, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), whose standards are incorporated into federal law. This…
Read MorePublishing and Peer Review
Many articles have been written about the validity of published scientific papers, and not all are about Sci Hub. This problem affects many areas of science, such as medicine, psychology and global warming. It makes you wonder where peer review fits into the process. This interesting topic was brought to our attention by American Thinker in their article, “The…
Read MoreStandards Across Subjects
Vocabulary standards are important, this we know. This is true regardless of the subject matter – be it medical coding or liquor. This interesting topic came to us from Digitalomnium in their article, ‘Bourbon Whiskey, Controlled Vocabularies, and Library of Congress Subject Headings.” A few years ago one of our staff wrote a comprehensive feature regarding…
Read MoreStandards in Data
Creating open standards to ensure data center hardware is equipped to cope with the amounts of information data centers are required to process in real time is the worthy goal of many. Computer Weekly brought this news to our attention in their article, “Using cross-industry collaboration on open standards to address big data in the…
Read MoreMetadata in Advertising
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has introduced the industry’s first standard for dynamic digital advertising. This interesting information came to us from Ad Exchanger in their article, “The IAB’s Dynamic Ad Standard Will Bridge The Divide Between Data And Creativity.” The IAB Dynamic Content Ad Standard provides a detailed schema for how constituents across the digital ad…
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