This article provides an introduction to the new topic map standard (ISO/IEC 13250) with particular reference to the domain of encyclopaedia publishing, and discusses the relationship between topic maps and the W3C recommendation Resource Description Framework (RDF). It is based on the author’s participation in the development of the topic map standard (representing Norway in SC34, the ISO comm...

The Guidelines On Tactile and Haptic Interactions Conference (GOTHI-05) is the result of the realization of the need for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to standardize guidance on tactile/haptic interactions. This paper reviews existing international standards on tactile/haptic interactions and suggests ways to construct a relevant ISO standard. It proposes potential di...

INTRODUCTION ISO 15189 was a new standard published in 2003 for accrediting medical laboratories. We believe that some requirements of the ISO 15189 standard are especially difficult to meet for majority of laboratories. The aim of this article was to present the frequency of nonconformities to requirements of the ISO 15189 accreditation standard, encountered during the assessments of medical l...

Posterior wall acetabular fractures that involve 10% to 40% of the posterior wall may or may not require an open reduction and internal fixation. Dynamic stress examination of the acetabular fracture under fluoroscopy has been used as an intraoperative method to assess joint stability. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the value of intraoperative ISO computed tomography (CT) examination ...

The article presents the ISO/IEC 29110 Profile Implementation Methodology that was developed to manage consistent implementation of individual ISO/IEC 29110 Profiles in the open-source content management tool Eclipse Process Framework Composer. Such an implementation enables effective managing of the standard and its publishing in the form of a web application that can be easily and efficiently...

This paper presents and describes a Web-based implementation of a three-dimensional software quality measurement model. The implementation is based on the 2003 version of the ISO quality model for software products: ISO 9126. The prototype presented includes all the 120+ measures proposed in the ISO standard, as well as weight assignments, target values, current project values and automated cal...

This paper overviews the International Standards Organization Linguistic Annotation Framework (ISO LAF) developed in ISO TC37 SC4. We describe the XML serialization of ISO LAF, the Graph Annotation Format (GrAF) and discuss the rationale behind the various decisions that were made in determining the standard. We describe the structure of the GrAF headers in detail and provide multiple examples ...

The emerging ISO/IEC 29110 standard Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities has at its core a Management and Engineering Guides which is targeted at very small entity (enterprise, organization, department or project) having up to 25 people, to assist them unlock the potential benefits of using standards which are specifically designed to address there needs. The developers of the standard, I...

Software development in a small development team is a challenge, as people have to fulfill several roles, which in larger groups would have separate, dedicated people for the work. To help small development teams to organize their activities, ISO/IEC standardization body has developed the standard ISO/IEC 29110, Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities. Our study focuses on the application of...

NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project assembled a team of data systems and metadata experts to analyze requirements and recommend best approaches for adopting the ISO 19100 series of standards for describing the data and services offered by NASA Earth Science data systems. NASA has recognized the advantages of adopting the ISO 19115 metadata standard for future Earth-...