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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 12:28 PM, David Lee <dlee@calldei.com> wrote: > We should start with the various national legal systems, see how that goes > :) > > * All laws shall expire after 10 years unless voted to re-instate. > > I think that would be awesome. +++1 > > > > But seriously, how does ISO differ from W3C from a business perspective ? > > I am always a tad curious what the real business of standards committees and > how it varies across committees. > > Is it ISO or maybe ANSI that charges for standards documents ? I forget > which. Both. > > That income then funds future development. > > W3C doesn't charge for the standards, instead gets income from members ( who > in turn get to influence the standards). > > That business dynamic may well influence the concept of retiring standards > as opposed to simply not working more on them. > > Just totally guessing here .... Surely it is part of the business equation; or it wouldn't exist. But to not be too cynical. I think there are good reasons for having a mandatory review time frame. I think that W3C just hasn't been around long enough yet to have seen the need that ISO sees. But the time will come when it does. The specific case that I am aware of is with ISO 13606, and yes technologies that affect it have changed (especially XML) and that may well effect portions of that specification. --Tim ============================================ Timothy Cook, MSc +55 21 94711995 MLHIM http://www.mlhim.org Like Us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/mlhim2 Circle us on G+: http://goo.gl/44EV5 Google Scholar: http://goo.gl/MMZ1o LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywaynecook
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