ISO Focus 2006 March

Managing knowledge

ISO Focus, March 2006

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The March issue of ISO Focus brings together a portfolio of articles that highlight ISO's significant contribution to managing knowledge.

Managing knowledge is a vast and complicated task. This issue looks at the importance of ISO's work in developing interoperability between systems at technical, operational and semantic levels - whether supporting, protecting or managing content, using databases, extranets or e-learning programmes – the portfolio of articles demonstrates how international standardization is a key factor to the success of knowledge management.

In an exclusive interview in the March issue, President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe Shantanu Narayen emphasizes how important standards are in enabling the industry to develop software in a low-risk, cost-effective way.

Comment

Håvard Hjulstad, Chair of ISO/TC 37
Standardizing knowledge? You are kidding, aren’t you?

Guest View

Shantanu Narayen
President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe

"Standards are the engine enabling our industry to develop software in a low-risk, cost-effective manner. "
Read the full interview (PDF, 250 KB)

Main Focus  

Managing knowledge

• Expanding the ISO e-learning programme
• How ISO built one of the world’s leading extranets
• Standards as databases
• PDF/A – worldwide collaboration to preserve electronic documents
• The learning curve – how IT shapes learning environments
• Common sense, common logic
• Topic Maps – Supporting both knowledge and information
• Protecting business information, knowledge and intellectual capital
• Managing records, managing knowledge
• The Dublin Core standard – a worldwide electronic information resource for business and learning communities
• How to integrate standardization in knowledge management

Developments and initiatives

• ISO at Davos: International Standards ‘tools for positive globalization and sharing innovation’
• ISO/PAS 28000 applies management system approach to security of global supply chains
• Partnerships in the development of International Standards

World Scene

• Highlights of events from around the world

ISO Scene

• Highlights of news from ISO