> In all other industries, the quality of standards is > measured initially against public safety and then > against criteria of effectiveness and economic qualities.
it seems you mean, by market testing. If not, do you have an example? > In all other industries that i know of, standards are > created by a process whose inputs are already developed > and productised offerings from companies I presume you refer to non-it industries. In IT the picture is rather more mixed. You certainly aren't describing the omg process, or the itu process, or the w3c process here. A truly valid comparison would be with IT standards in other vertical markets. Insurance always strikes me as applicable. Do you have any examples from these spaces? Grahame
