[thelist] clarify standards organizations? (was Re: Why code forstandards)

[Lachlan Cannon]

--- Bev Corwin <bev at enso-company.com> wrote:
> I believe it was originally about ISO,  then someone
> asked about W3C.... I
> believe both orgs have suffered from excusionary
> practices,  which was my
> point.   I do not see small businesses as having a voice
> in these orgs.
> There isn't much educational outreach / University
> involvement, individual
> contractors,  just large company employees as memebers.

Please tell me this. How many small businesses can afford
to employ someone full time to participate in making
standards? How many students have the time to participate?
I'm in Year 12 now, and I would definitely not have the
time to do something like that, and I'm doing less than
most people.

>
>
> > I just want clarify that this thread is not about the
> topic of the
> original
> > inquiry, which was to help someone clarify reasons and
> get URLs to explain
> > to colleagues why it matters to code a CMS to be
> standards-compliant
> > (referring to the W3C recommendations and Web
> Standards).
> >
>
> This is a good point.  I don't think of the W3C as a
> standards organization,
> however, they do publish many guidelines for the Web.
> I've found their
> group members also limited to only employees of either
> government or large
> corporations, as well.  Therefore suffering from the same
> limitations to
> their professed goals.

Once again, who else has the time to participate / money to
employ someone to participate? I'm just lgad that there are
big companies who care enough about it to employ people to
do just that. Even if they do only do it so they can have a
say.

Lach

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