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).

Technological innovations.

Computer networks--Standards.

Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 255 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

I The Politics of Interoperability 1

1 Injecting the Public Interest into Internet Standards / John B. Morris Morris, John B. 3

2 The Government at the Standards Bazaar / Stacy Baird Baird, Stacy 13

3 Governments, the Public Interest, and Standards Setting / D. Linda Garcia Garcia, D. Linda 33

4 Securing the Root / Brenden Kuerbis Kuerbis, Brenden, Milton Mueller Mueller, Milton 45

5 Open Document Standards for Government: The South African Experience / Andrew Rens Rens, Andrew 63

II Standards, Innovation, and Development Economics 73

6 An Economic Basis for Open Standards / Rishab Ghosh Ghosh, Rishab 75

7 Open Innovation and Interoperability / Nicos L. Tsilas Tsilas, Nicos L. 97

8 Standards, Trade, and Development / John S. Wilson Wilson, John S. 119

III Standards-Based Intellectual Property Debates 133

9 Questioning Copyright in Standards / Pamela Samuelson Samuelson, Pamela 135

10 Constructing Legitimacy: The W3C's Patent Policy / Andrew L. Russell Russell, Andrew L. 159

11 Common and Uncommon Knowledge: Reducing Conflict between Standards and Patents / Brian Kahin Kahin, Brian 177

IV Interoperability and Openness 191

12 ICT Standards Setting Today: A System under Stress / Andrew Updegrove Updegrove, Andrew 193

13 Software Standards, Openness, and Interoperability / Robert S. Sutor Sutor, Robert S. 209

14 Open Standards: Definition and Policy / Ken Krechmer Krechmer, Ken 219.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262298223

0262298228

1283258633

9781283258630

OCLC:

751978023

Publisher Number:

9786613258632

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.