Workshop

Interoperability Standards -
Implementation, Dynamics, and Impact

to be held in conjunction with Interop-ESA 2005

Geneva
February 22, 2005

organised by the NO-REST project.

Workshop Description

The WS aims at getting a better understanding of the impact ICT standards have on networked organisations. The influence standards exert in this environment will be discussed. To this end, the WS will particularly investigate the applicability and, specifically, the dynamics of standards and their implementations, focussing on the e-business and e-government sectors.

Aspects to be addressed include, but are not limited to:

• the origin of standards (stakeholders, processes, rules & regulations, the standards setting arena)
• the dynamics of standards,
• changes of standards through implementation and use,
• performance evaluation of standards,
• assessing the impact of standards,
• standards vs other means of interoperation,
• the relation between open source and standardisation.

We solicit, for instance, conceptual papers, empirical papers, and case studies, to explore these topics. Research-in-progress papers, as well as industry papers, are also most welcome to further stimulate discussions. True to the nature of a Workshop, ample time will be allocated for discussions.

The WS will attempt to strike a balance between academic rigor and practical relevance. We expect that researchers and practitioners (from both industry and standards setting bodies) will attend and present their ideas and views.

Full versions of the accepted papers will be published in the conference post-proceedings.

Preliminary Programme

The programme may be found here.

Programme Committee

Knut Blind, Fraunhofer ISI, DE
Yves Chauvel, ETSI, FR
Tineke Egyedi, Deft u. of Technology, NL
Martina Gerst, Edinburgh U., UK
Richard Hawkins, TNO, NL
Eric Iversen, NIFU STEP, NO,
Kai Jakobs, Aachen U., DE
Kurt Kosanke, CIMOSA, DE
Eva Söderström, U. of Skövde, SE