Re: Which 4 orgs can set de jure standards (was RE: SOAP and ebXML)

The fourth body is IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission.
Not ANSI as cited in my previous message.

note:  JTC 1 (Joint Technical Committee 1) is a joint activity of ISO
and 
IEC which creates standards which are identified as ISO/IEC xxxx-yyyy

Cheers,

Chris

Henry Lowe wrote:
> 
> If you include ANSI, you must also include all the other countries
> standards bodies, e.g., BSI (UK), AFNOR (UK), AENOR (spain).
> ANSI is US only.
> 
> Best regards,
> Henry
> -------------------
> At 11:33 AM 12/11/2000 -0500, christopher ferris wrote:
> >UN/CEFACT
> >ISO
> >ITU
> >ANSI
> >
> >Unless I am mistaken, this is the complete list.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >"Tolkin, Steve" wrote:
> >>
> >> Christopher Ferris [mailto:chris.ferris@east.sun.com] said:
> >> UN/CEFACT, one of the co-sponsors of ebXML, is one of
> >> only 4 organizations on the planet that can set de jure standards.
> >>
> >> What are the others?
> >>
> >> Steve
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