Information Technology Standards: Quest for the Common Byte - Softcover

Libicki, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555581315 ISBN 13: 9781555581312

Publisher: Digital Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book examines information technology standards and discusses what they are, what they do, how they originate, and how they evolve.
While standards are important in improving system interoperability and thereby increasing economic productivity, they are unlikely to achieve their full potential due to a variety of factors, chief of which is the politics of the standard process itself.
Libicki points out that the government is not likely the best source for designing and promoting standards. He does an excellent job of breaking down many complex technical issues and presenting them in a fashion that technical people can enjoy and policy makers can understand.

About this title

About the Author

Martin C. Libicki has been a senior fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, since 1986.

Edition details

• Publisher: Digital Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1555581315
• ISBN 13: 9781555581312
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432