On 22 October 2025, OpenForum Europe will host a roundtable about the European Standardisation System from 16:30 to 18:30 at Maison de la Poste in Brussels

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On 22 October 2025, OpenForum Europe will host a roundtable about the European Standardisation System from 16:30 to 18:30 at Maison de la Poste in Brussels.

Register now: https://openforumeurope.org/event/solving-the-standardisation-dilemma/

[casarayuela@mastodon.uno]

@OpenForumEurope

the production of harmonized standards
ensuring INCLUSIVE PROCESSES
that reflect diverse expertise and interests
came to a grinding halt
when industry representatives
attending a 1991 meeting of the Special Group on Functional Standards
https://doi.org/10.1016/0920-5489(93)90004-B
voted against the development of
a conceptual FRAMEWORK
required by a work plan
supported by a disbanded European Workshop for Open Systems [EWOS]

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@diggita

[casarayuela@mastodon.uno]

@OpenForumEurope

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The work of the EWOS Expert Group on
Open System Environments [EG-OSE]
was aimed at incorporating
a comprehensive set of interfaces, services,
and supporting formats,
plus USER ASPECTS,
for INTEROPERABILITY
and for portability of applications, data,
and PEOPLE
https://casarayuela.eu/SGFS_June1991_N402.pdf

HOWEVER
user involvement could not be rated as technical work only
as shown by the attachment of
https://mastodon.uno/@casarayuela/114704222305361260

@diggita