Berlin 6 Open Access Conference: Stefan Weisgerber

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Standardization of Document Exchange Formats within ISO

Berlin 6 – Open Access ConferenceDüsseldorf, 2008-11-12

Dr. Stefan Weisgerber DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. Head of Technical Department 3Fundamental Technology – Information Technology – Machine and Plant Elements – Materials – Materials Testing


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Introduction How International Standardization helps

maintaining accessibility of information A bit of standardization theory ISO/IEC 26300 and ISO/IEC DIS 25900 Outlook


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Introduction

The Scientific Information Market: a matter of trust

Reliability Authenticity Availability Accessibility


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Introduction

Reliability Authenticity Availability Accessibility

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The Ancient Library of Alexandria


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Introduction

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The Rosetta Stone

... an early document description format


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Introduction

Digital world ease and speed of access to

information increased by orders of magnitude

new communication culture new ways of publishing vision of Open Access

The internet and its contents reestablish the vision of the Ancient Library of Alexandria – but no papyrus, no stone


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Introduction

Digital world: increasing complexity and degree of interconnection

Interoperability becoming a key factor- in space and in time


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International Standards Create Trust

International Standards adhere to strict rules of procedure and maintenance

Decision making based on consensus principle

All stakeholders can raise their voice – no changes that are just in the interest of single parties

A document coded in compliance with an International Standard will be accessible also far beyond shutdown of the last PC


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The PDF Case

International Standards as basis for sustained use of a wide-spread technology

1993 Adobe Systems develops PDF as a platform independent description format for digital documents

The format is proprietary, but documentation is made available by Adobe

Increasing use of PDF in many areas

Starting 2001 ISO Standards on PDF/X: Application of PDF in pre-press – more efficient exchange of setting copies

2005 ISO Standard on PDF/A: Application of PDF for long-time archiving – ensuring completeness and integrity of documentation presentation for the future

2007 Abobe Systems proposes PDF to become an ISO Standard

2008 ISO Standard on PDF/E: Application of PDF for technical documentation

2008 PDF 1.7 released as International Standard ISO 32000


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… provide a reference framework and a universal language for suppliers and customers

… facilitate trade and technology transfer

… ensure technical compatibility

… provide a scientific basis for legislation in the health, safety and environment sectors

… ensure that trade agreements can be successfully implemented

… are a source of technical know-how

Source: ISO Secretary General Alan Bryden, 2004

International Standards for the global market …

Objective


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No preferential status for domestic products No trade barriers as a result of national standards Adoption of relevant International Standards Participation of national delegations Avoid duplication of work National consensus-building Consistency in standards Publication of work programmes Public review procedures (at least 2 months) Appropriate consideration of comments submitted

Principles

World Trade Organization (WTO) – Standards Codex


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DIN As Part Of The InternationalStandardization Structure

ISOInternational

Organization for Standardization

ITUInternational

TelecommunicationUnion

World Standards Cooperation

CENEuropean

Committee forStandardization

CENELECEuropean

Committee forElectrotechnicalStandardization

ETSIEuropean

Institute für Tele-communications

Standards

IECInternational

ElectrotechnicalCommission

DIN, AFNOR, BSI, ANSI, JISC ... NSBs(DE) (FR) (GB) (US) (JP)

USA

270 SDOswith ANSI

accreditation

ASTM

NEMAAPI

ASMESAE

IEEE

WSC


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Proposal Stage

Preparatory Stage

Committee Stage

Enquiry Stage

Approval Stage

Publication Stage

From proposal (NP) to approval of a new standardsproject

From approval of a standards project to adoption forregistration as a committee draft

From committee draft (CD, possibly several) to adoptionfor enquiry (draft international standard)

From adoption for enquiry (Draft International Standard(DIS or CDV)) to approval of final draft

From approval of final draft (FDIS) to adoption asInternational Standard

From adoption as International Standard to publicationas ISO, IEC oder ISO/IEC Standard

ZN4-2/5

Fast track

Fast track

Development of an International Standard


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Involvement in European and International Standards Committees

MirrorCommittee

Technical

Committee

WorkingGroup

Delegates

Experts

DIN ISO CEN

One vote per country


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DIN is a registered non-profit association supported by the private sector.

On the basis of a contractual agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany, DIN is the responsible German standards body in European and international standards work.

DIN German Institute for Standardization


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DIN functions as a "round table" – and increasingly as an electronic platform – where stakeholders can develop modern consensus-based standards suited to market needs

DINorganizes the entire

standardization processat national level and

German participation in European and international

standards work

DIN Is A Service Provider


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Communication

Projectmanagement

Document administration

Parallelprocessing

Workflowmanagement

Scheduling

Consensusbuilding

... For The Standardization Process


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Democratic legitimation of standardization depends on the involvement of all stakeholders

Standardization

Industry SMEs

Consumers Experts Test institutesBusinesses

The State

Commerce

Research

Trades

Standardization In Joint Responsibility


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www.beuth.de

Obtaining Standards from Beuth – DIN‘s Publishing House


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www.beuth.de – www.mybeuth.de

Search among more than 200,000 technical rules and publications: DIN Standards (DIN, DIN EN, DIN EN ISO etc.) ISO Standards VDI Guidelines DVS Instruction sheets, AD 2000 Codes

and other German technical rules ON (Austria) SNV (Switzerland) ASTM (USA) ASME (USA) IEEE (USA) AFNOR (France) BSI (United Kingdom) JSA (Japan) Publications (books, loose-leaf compilations, CD ROMs etc.)

Order online or download documents directly

Finding The Right Standard


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ISO/IEC 26300 and ISO/IEC DIS 29500 – History in brief

Governments, companies, institutions: Long-term accessibility of electronic documents requires fully documented, standardardized document formats

Emphatic requirement to software manufacturers to provide such formats

End 2006: Open Document Format (ODF) released as ISO/IEC 26300 (after JTC 1 PAS procedure, submitter: OASIS)Focus: XML*) based, lean formatProponents: Sun, IBM, Novell et al.

End 2006: ECMA-376 Office Open XML (OOXML) submitted to ISO/IEC JTC 1 as Fast Track Proposal – processed as ISO/IEC DIS**) 29500 Focus: XML based, full backward compatibility to Microsoft Office formatsProponent: Microsoft

Nov. 2008: ISO/IEC 29500 to be released after controversial discussions

*) eXtensible Markup Language **) Draft International Standard


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And Now?

Two International Standards for office documents

Overlapping, but not identical scope

Maintenance of ISO/IEC 26300 (ODF) currently with OASIS – under discussion

New WG*) created within ISO to handle maintenance of ISO/IEC 29500 (OOXML)

Additional WG**) created to handle document interoperability

Based on initiative from Germany

Current project: translation between ODF and OOXML – Technical Report under way

*) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34/WG 4 **) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34/WG 5


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Outlook

The good message

The dominant office document formats are codified as International Standards

The drop of bitterness

There are two, not one

The opportunity

Widely used formats under public control

Clearly defined interoperability frame or full convergence

The users to decide on take-up of the best format


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Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Weisgerber

Head of Technical Department 3Fundamental TechnologyInformation TechnologyMachine and Plant ElementsMaterialsMaterials Testing

DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.Burggrafenstraße 610787 Berlin

www.din.dePhone: 030-2601-2244Fax: 030-2601-1835Mobile: 0160-97270136

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