> >Access to that kind of information shouldn't be made on fee base; it is not
> >for the price in itself (I can pay it), but the idea behind; do you imagine
> >the Mendeleev table being available only for a fee ?
Well, most books are available only for a "fee", to cover at least the
printing and distribution costs; even books with the Mendeleev table
in it, or books on Linux... But I understand what you mean, and agree.
Anyway, ISO/IEC JTC1 is responding to this kind of requests,
and have initiated what they call a "market trial project":
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[...]
JTC 1 restates the belief that having its standards
freely available as described in JTC 1 N 6149, JTC 1
Business Plan for Standards Availability, is necessary
to its ability to fulfill its mission.
[...] proposes that the following standards be used for the trial:
1. the JTC 1 standards listed in document JTC 1 N 6605
2. all new standards (i.e. deliverables from projects whose
FDIS or equivalent ballots close after 2001-11-01) from
the following JTC 1 SCs :
SC 2
SC 6
SC 7
SC 22
SC 29
SC 34
JTC 1 would appreciate that this trial, as per JTC 1 N 6149,
be initiated no later than the end of Q1 2002.
[...]
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I don't know any more details about this, but I guess it means web
publication, probably at the same site they use now for "freely
available JTC 1 standards" (unfortanately, well hidden; let's see
who finds that site first... ;-). That it is limited to "new"
standards, I would think is a practicality (who would to all the
work for all the old ones?). I think it is a step in the right
direction, even if it is just a "trial".
Kind regards
/kent k
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