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The standards democracy. (Guest Editorial).

Publication: XML Journal
Publication Date: 01-OCT-02
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
There's been much recent controversy about the role of Microsoft and IBM in the evolution of Web services standards. At a conference I attended not so long ago a pundit talked about the "standard setting duopoly." Several articles have been written about the "undemocratic" practices of WS-I. Are things really that bad?

Here's a somewhat cynical overview of the Web services standards process. MS and IBM pick an area of standardization. They cooperate privately on core concepts. They select a third partner to help them flesh out a draft specification. The partner is chosen according to two criteria: domain expertise that legitimizes the effort (e.g., VeriSign for security) and/or potential ability to...

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