Global Standard-Setting 2.0: How the WTO Spotlights ISO and Impacts The Transnational Standard-Setting Process

Standard setting in medical education: fundamental concepts and emerging challenges

  The process of determining the minimum pass level to separate the competent students from those who do not perform well enough is called standard setting. A large number of methods are widely used to set cut-scores for both written and clinical examinations. There are some challenging issues pertaining to any standard setting procedure. Ignoring these concerns would result in a large dispute ...

Standard-setting and Environment

ISO 31000:2009--Setting a new standard for risk management.

Last year saw the publication of IS0 31000:2009, a new globally accepted standard for risk management together with a new, associated vocabulary in ISO Guide 73:2009. These were developed through a consensus-driven process over four years, through seven drafts, and involving the input of hundreds of risk management professionals around the world. The new standard supports a new, simple way of t...

The Dynamics of Standard Setting

The purpose of this article is to analyse the dynamics of social networks in standard making process, and to show how a standard becomes a means for aligning complex social networks. Alignment of networks is nothing but an alignment of actors' interests involved in the standard making process. The standardisation process is communication rich and the dynamics of networks is based on information...

The process and data behind standard setting in wireless communications

Standard setting has gathered great attention in the academic and policy circles recently. At the heart of the focus are concerns around standard setting organizations and standards essential patents. Questions have been raised about whether there are “too many” standards essential patents, on how and when to access the value of these patents, and whether their owners can cause a potential hold...