Scaffolding the new Web : standards and standards policy for the digital economy /

Although much of the growing digital economy rests on the Internet and World Wide Web, which in turn rest on information technology standards, it is unclear how much longer the current momentum can be sustained absent new standards. To discover whether today's standards processes are adequate,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Libicki, Martin C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2000.
Series:MR (Series) ; 1215.
Subjects:
Web sites > Standards.
Electronic commerce > Standards.
Sites Web > Normes.
Commerce électronique > Normes.
Electronic commerce > Standards
Web sites > Standards
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Place of Standards
  • Lessons from Five Case Studies
  • The Emerging Challenge of Common Semantics
  • Standards Development Institutions
  • The Place of Standards
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A: The Web As We Know It
  • Appendix B: The Extensible Markup Language
  • Appendix C: Knowledge Organization and Digital Libraries
  • Appendix D: Payments, Property, and Privacy
  • Appendix E: Standards and the Future Value Chain
  • Appendix F: On the Meaning of Standard.

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