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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Wednesday, 23 July 2008 | |
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Ecma, formed in 1961 is a non-profit industry association of technology developers, vendors and users. Experts from industry and other organisations work together at Ecma to develop standards which Ecma submits for approval as ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC JTC 1 and ETS. It claims to be a frequent practitioner of "fast-tracking" of specifications through the standardization process in international standards organisations. Their agreement between the WiMedia Alliance and Ecma International provides for the joint development of specific standards by WiMedia engineers and Ecma member companies. When the work on a standard is completed, it will then be sent through WiMedia's approval process resulting in WiMedia members' intellectual property being bound to the work. Ecma will submit completed standards through its approval process which will likewise bind Ecma members' intellectual property. The two claim that "The structure of this relationship between an internationally recognised standards development organisation and an industry special interest group is unique in that it allows standards development work to be done with significantly increased speed and efficiency." Meanwhile, Sony has just announced formation of a consortium of 12 Japanese technology companies to develop an ultra short range, high bandwidth wireless technology that will enable large files to be transferred between portable devices such as cellphones and digital cameras, just by bringing them close together. CONTINUED |
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