International Open Standardization and China
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0. Information and Communications Technology Standardization (Chinese English)
1 Orientation to Worldwide ICT Standardization (Chinese English)
1.1 Overview
1.2 The Multiple Phases of Standardization
1.3 Participatory vs Proprietary
1.4 The Spectrum of Organizations in Standardization
1.5 Voluntary vs Regulatory
1.6 Interfaces vs Implementation standards
1.7 Participation Patterns in Consortia for ICT Standardization (Chinese English)
2 ICT Standardization for Societal Benefit (Chinese English)
2.1 Using Legislation About Standardization for Societal Benefit
2.2 The State of Education About Standardization
2.3 Research
2.4 Innovation
2.5 Health Care
3 ICT Standardization as Industrial Policy (Chinese English)
3.1 Whether and When to Standardize
3.2 Open Source
3.3 Open Hardware
4 National Standardization Structure(Chinese English)
4.1 The Role of Government
4.2 Structures for Change
4.3 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
4.4 Results Oriented Qualification
4.5 Verifying Implementations
4.6 Interoperability of Implementations
4.7 Document Formats (UOF, ODF, OOXML)
5 Suggestions for China (Chinese English)
5.1 Principles to Follow
5.2 The Paths Forward
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Reference Materials
(1) Open Standards Definition (Chinese English)
(2) A Definition of an Open Consortium for the Information and Communications Technology Industry (Chinese English)
(3) The Current State of ICT Standardization Consortia (Chinese English)
Appendix A - Top 50 Companies
Appendix B - The 50 Consortia
(4) Going Global-The New Social Economic and Political Life of Standardization (Chinese English)
(5) The Middle Way-A Sustainable Approach to Standardization (Chinese English)
(6) The Role of Consortia Standards in Federal Government Procurements(Chinese English)
