Category Archives: standards

Caging Knowledge

Posted on January 21, 2012 by kingargyle

So, Apple’s recent iBooks 2 announcement has many drooling in the media.  While I applaud the attempt to make textbooks more affordable, I do not like the proprietary nature of the implementation.   Consumers are getting locked more and more … Continue reading →

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>XPath 2: Collections and PsychoPath

Posted on November 4, 2009 by kingargyle

>PsychoPath is setup as a framework for other applications to use and interface with, so it does not provide implementations for Collections, but depends on the application using it to provide the available collections. The current implementation uses a MAP … Continue reading →

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>Model the Data not the Form

Posted on October 21, 2009 by kingargyle

>A pattern seems to have emerged from some standard organizations in which they try to construct their data exchanges based off of existing paper forms. Unfortunately, this tends to lead to a very inflexible model, that conveys one particular view … Continue reading →

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>Vendor Lock In

Posted on October 5, 2009 by kingargyle

>Every once in a while, a good quote comes across twitter. RT @maslett: Shuttleworth: Only thing worse than being locked-in to a vendor is being locked-in to a different vendor than everyone else. Vendor Lock In is something that many … Continue reading →

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>Standards, Documentation, Single Sourcing, and Continuous Integration

Posted on September 15, 2009 by kingargyle

>Over the last several years I’ve had the pleasure of working with many standard organizations. Many are trying to improve their development processes to meet the membership and the communities needs sooner. However, almost all have one area that still … Continue reading →

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>Dangers of Standards Profiles

Posted on August 26, 2009 by kingargyle

>I have been messing around the last week or so with implementing a iCalendar export. The iCal spec is pretty straightforward with what should be understood and what format the data should be in when exported. So if you code … Continue reading →

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>Agile Testing for Standards Organizations

Posted on August 3, 2009 by kingargyle

>I jumped over to the Agile Development way of working several years ago. One of the problems with the way current standards are developed in my opinion is the fact that there is very little validation of the requirements. If … Continue reading →

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>Standards Organizations Need Issue/Change Tracking

Posted on July 28, 2009 by kingargyle

>I’ve interacted with a wide variety of standards organizations over the years. Many of whom are trying to survive within the current economic recovery. It’s hard to survive when your sole source of funding is on membership dues. It’s also … Continue reading →

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>Successful Open Source/Standard Projects

Posted on April 9, 2009 by kingargyle

>I view the Eclipse Foundation like a standards organization in many ways. Both are typically non-profit. Both typically have 10% or less of their membership doing 90% or more of the work. Both are providing code or standards that can … Continue reading →

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>Ugh!!! Cramps!

Posted on January 26, 2009 by kingargyle

>Well, I have a few cramps that I need to tie. I’m in New Orleans for the NADA convention, and I will say it is MUCH warmer than back in the Midwest. So with out further ado here are some … Continue reading →

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