Title :
ICT standardisation policy in Europe - Recent past, presence, and future(?)
Author :
Jakobs, Kai ; Blind, Knut
Author_Institution :
RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
The European Commission (EC) has launched an initiative to re-formulate their (ICT) standardisation policy. This paper first briefly discusses the current situation in the field of ICT standardisation in Europe. It then takes a closer look at the EC´s initiative and its outcome so far, specifically on the recently published White Paper and the comments on it, made by various stakeholders. Subsequently, the latest Communication from the Commission is discussed. Some still open questions are finally discussed. It turns out that the situation is improving, but that many open issue still need to be resolved.
Keywords :
government policies; information technology; EC; European Commission; ICT standardisation policy; information and communication technology; Europe; Intellectual property; Licenses; Procurement; Proposals; Standards; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT), 2011 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2021-5
DOI :
10.1109/SIIT.2011.6083611
