At 1:00 pm +1100 18/3/06, Tim Churches wrote:
[...]As many people (myself included) have observed on this list (and its
predecessor) over the years, the health IT standards (cottage) industry
in Australia definitely needs reform, in particular the tendency for
participation in standards development to be restricted to those who are
funded or otherwise able to attend standards development committee
meetings in person. Movement towards a Web-enabled, more transparent
standards development fishbowl, similar to that used by the IETF
(Internet Engineering Task Force) with its RFC (request for comment)
process, would be most welcome. Similarly I applaud the recognition for
prioritisation and a clear timetable for standards selection or
development. So the document is a pretty good effort, IMHO. Now, if
NeHTA (whoops, I mean NEHTA - the mixed capitalisation of their acronym
is now passé, I am told) can just make it actually happen...
Well.... the ISO standards development model has
been successfully applied in many countries to
produce national and international standards, on
which the modern world is founded.
Does IETF go to the same pains to ensure "balance
of interests" (vendors, consumers, goverment,
academia) on its committees?
Does OASIS?
Does W3C?
Participation is not restricted to standards
australia committees, except in properly
constituted committees which are that way to
ensure balance of interests are represented. Like
many interest groups, people who are actually
interested are able to participate. And the open
public comment period is open to all comers with
any views.
We do have health informatics standards published
in Australia by the way. And nearly all are
freely available.
"Greater standardization (sic) is central to Australia's e-health agenda."
"Standardization" is the presently accepted
international term used by Standards Australia.
(Not that it hasn't been complained about, but
one has to abide by the umpire's decision after
due process.)
Ian.
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Health Informatics Consultant, Brisbane, Australia
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