Standards and Standards-Setting

Huibert Vries, Henk Vries and Ilan Oshri

Chapter 3 in Standards Battles in Open Source Software, 2008, pp 20-34 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The term “standard” lends itself to multiple usages in different fields. Based on a review of ex ante literature, Grindley (1992) identified three types of standards: (1) minimum attributes that cover basic product requirements and minimum quality, for example, ISO 9000 standards or safety standards; (2) interface requirements that enable interoperability when products are connected, for example, the HTTP standard that enables web browsers to communicate with web servers; and (3) standards in the sense of standard product characteristics: features that define a group of similar products, for example, the WinTel P.C. The contribution of Grindley is only one of many standard categorizations. More can be found in De Vries (1998).

Keywords: Switching Cost; Open Source Software; Network Effect; Intellectual Property Right; Dominant Design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230595095_3

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