Years ago I read an interesting article about the encyclopedia entry for the keyword "Longitude". According to the article, the entry merely said "See Latitude". With that short, two-word sentence the encyclopedia author conflated these two … [Continue reading] about Fast Track versus PAS
A Pre-BRM Miscellany
I'll be attending the BRM as part of the US delegation, leaving for Geneva a week from today. I am awed by the security apparatus which is being rolled out to ensure the integrity of the open standards process. Photo ID requirements, badged … [Continue reading] about A Pre-BRM Miscellany
Punct Contrapunct
The recent Burton Group report, What's Up, .DOC? by Guy Creese and Peter O'Kelly was made available free to the public for a stated purpose:We’ve made the overview available for free (I must admit I'm not sure for how long), as we believe this topic … [Continue reading] about Punct Contrapunct
By Metes and Bounds
A few years ago I bought my first house. The process was overwhelming at first, but due to the assistance of an attorney, a mortgage lender, an appraiser, an assessor, a surveyor, two insurance agents (one for the house and one for the title), a … [Continue reading] about By Metes and Bounds
The Case for Harmonization
Depending on who you ask, document standard harmonization is either impossible or inevitable, anathema or nirvana. Let's dig a little into this question and see if the two sides are really that far apart. First note that many JTC1 NB's raised the … [Continue reading] about The Case for Harmonization