These problems are not caused by the web. They exist already in ordinary \humanbased" markets. But with such standards, the Internet-based marketplace could turn into a global marketspace [1] that would make possible any degree of automation of access to and matching of interests, and of interaction between participants. We are currently exploring what types of formats and protocols are needed ...

Today, more and more organizations rely upon the competencies of their staffs. This increasing reliance on competence has triggered many organizations to implement competence systems in order to support staff allocation and competence development. Competence systems can be characterized as systems that describe and present measures of individuals’ competencies. Even though the implemented compe...

Clinically relevant attitudes and guidelines issued by a rational evidence based medicine (EBM) approach integrate individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research. However, many physicians, while considering the ultraliberal world they are practising in and fearing that the primary goal of managed care in a market environment is reducing...