Jim said:
>First, people who write most codes and
standards are often doing so on a voluntary basis.<
I've been professionally involved with standards production in both the US and
Europe over about the last 15 years, and would only say Jim is partially
correct. There is frequently a high degree of commercial interest in the
production of a standard such that it helps one party commercially, and
possibly disadvantages another - a good example was the long drawn out wrangle
over the 3G mobile telephony standard. Similarly, another on running case is
the present wrangle over a UWB standard in IEEE 802. One difficulty that also
emerges is when a standards committee expert in one field attempts to stray to
other fields, and classic examples here exist in CENELEC, the European
electrical standards committee. It happens every so often when they attempt to
stray into or near the radio field, for example, with standards for radio
station installation or EMC matters concerning radio telemetry in the medical
field.
73
Peter SM/G3RZP
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