Opening standards : the global politics of interoperability / Laura DeNardis, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeNardis, Laura, 1966- editor.

Series:

Information society series.

The information society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks--Standards--Government policy.

Computer networks.

Computer networks--Standards--Political aspects.

Computer networks--Standards--Economic aspects.

Internetworking (Telecommunication)--Technological innovations.

Internetworking (Telecommunication).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The economic and political stakes in the current heated debates over "openness" and open standards in the Internet's architecture.

Contents:

Injecting the public interest into ICT standards / John B. Morris

The government at the standards bazaar / Stacy Baird

Governments, the public interest, and standards setting / D. Linda Garcia

Securing the root / Brenden Kuerbis and Milton Mueller

Open document standards for government, the South Africa experience / Andrew Rens

An economic basis for open standards / Rishab Ghosh

Open innovation and interoperability / Nick Tsilas

Standards, trade, and development / John Wilson

Questioning copyright in standards / Pamela Samuelson

Constructing legitimacy : the W3C's patent policy / Andrew Russell

Common and uncommon knowledge : reducing conflict between standards and patents / Brian Kahin

ICT standard setting today : a system under stress / Andrew Updegrove

Software standards, openness, and interoperability / Robert Sutor

Open standards : definition and policy / Ken Krechmer.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29728-0

1-283-25863-3

9786613258632

0-262-29822-8

OCLC:

751978023

Publisher Number:

9786613258632