Enterprise Integration and Standardization — A European View

The basic elements of the European strategy on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) standardization are described in the Commission’s Communication “Standardization and the Global Information Society: the European approach” [1]. As a general principle, it is recognised that ICT standardization should be market driven in order to reflect the dynamics of the market. This is due to the rapidity of technological advance which favours market led technical specifications from dominant suppliers and open industry fora. This is undoubtedly limiting the scope of formal standardization.