At 1:44 pm +0800 19/3/06, Richard Hosking wrote:
Looking at the site it seems that SAIGlobal is an unashamedly
commercial business. I guess there is no reason why standards
development shouldnt be commercial (is there?).
I understand the standards writing organisation is separate from the
marketing organisation. See:
www.standards.org.au
But how does this fit with the work done by committees? Do members get paid?
No members get paid for committee work.
Presumably Standards Australia owns the IP - why would I work on a
committee on anything but a commercial basis to increase the profits
of a private company?
I see that the feds are paying for free download of some of the
standards in health IT. What about usage of these in other products
- does this have to be paid for?
One merely has to purchase a standard to have rights to use it. In
our case, the Commonwealth funds infrastructure support for standards
writing and gets free use of the standards it has paid for.
All that is needed is for people to use them. A national body was
created to drive adoption/implementation - it is called NEHTA.
Ian.
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