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The cost of maintaining software standards as technology improves

Philippa Martin-King on March 26, 2009 | 1248 Views

There's a risk in developing a standard that it will only last for a short time. Euan Semple, a specialist in social software, talks of the de facto standards that come about in the process of software writing.

This video about electrical energy efficiency was made by Philippa Martin-King of the IEC, at the lift09 conference.

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