Standardization and Digital Enclosure : The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology

Schoechle, Timothy

ISBN 10: 1605663344 / ISBN 13: 9781605663340

Published by Information Science Reference, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Standardization and Digital Enclosure : The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology
• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605663344
• ISBN 13: 9781605663340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Recent trends have shown increasing privatization of standardization activities under various corporations, trade associations, and consortia, raising significant public policy issues about how the public interest may be represented. Standardization and Digital Enclosure: The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology establishes a framework of analysis for public policy discussion and debate. Discussing topics such as social practices and political economic discourse, this book offers a truly interdisciplinary approach to standardization and privatization valuable to technical, economic, and political researchers and practitioners, as well as academicians involved in related fields.

About the Author

Timothy Schoechle, PhD has been in the communications and computer engineering fields since the mid-1970s and engaged in standardization since the early 1980s in a variety of both expert and leadership roles. He is active in various international standards educational and research initiatives including the biennial SIIT conference (Standardization and Innovation in IT) and an international journal on standards research. He presently serves as Secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 (Data Management and Interchange).

Dr. Schoechle played pioneering roles in such technologies as microprocessors, home networks, barcodes, RFID, VoIP, and energy systems. He served on the University of Colorado, Boulder, College of Engineering faculty, teaching one of the few standards courses in the world. He served a key role in founding its standards research center.

Dr. Schoechle holds a BS from Pepperdine University, and an MS and PhD from the University of Colorado. When not traveling for work, he lives in Boulder and is a consultant, advising governments, organizations, and law firms on standards policy and patent issues.