[governance] Why standards from ISO are not freely available?

[Keshava Nireshwalia]

Dear Atanu,
I appreciate the presentation of the case for universal accessibility required of the ISO standards on IT proccesses. I endorse your comment that the open access domain use of the same fulfils the objectivity of the ISO itself, that is, if it really cares to operate its own mandate.
I sure appeal all readers to think aloud on this issue.
Sincerely,
=Prof. Keshava Nireshwalia,M.Sc.,M.Ed.,D.F.P.Tech.,M.I.S.T.E.,
Consultant, Trainer & Auditor ISO 9001,17025,14000,18000, 22000,etc.
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----- Original Message ----
From: atanu garai <atanugarai.lists at gmail.com>
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 8:11:50 PM
Subject: [governance] Why standards from ISO are not freely available?

The International Organization for Standardization
(http://www.iso.org/) is a major standards development and maintenance
body for the Internet, besides other organization. It has at least
published 43 very important standards related to the Internet and
information technology (http://tinyurl.com/6ebtuc). It is imperative
that members of the public have access to those standards so that
those standards can be applied by all and everybody concerned. On the
other hand, these standards are developed by stakeholders across the
globe in a cooperative way, most notably with active participation and
contribution from the national standards organizations which are part
of the national governments and funded by taxes. According to ISO, the
organization has 157 national standards bodies and 60% of its income
comes from membership fees
(http://www.iso.org/iso/about/iso_in_figures.htm). Despite that one
may wonder, why these standards are not available openly accessible
for all internet users and making these standards available openly
accessible can further augment development of standardised public
systems.

Atanu Garai
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