Standardization and Competing Consortia: The Trade-Off Between Speed and Compatibility

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 18-33

  Van Wegberg, Marc ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DVD Forum; standardization consortia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001555240     PISSN: 15393062     EISSN: 15393054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2004070102     Document Type: Article

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