| 4 | | [http://www.iso.org/sites/directives/directives.html#Section-sec_1.17.2 Category A liaison] between ISO and CLARIN. Such liaisons are open to "Organizations that make an effective contribution to the work of the technical committee or subcommittee for questions dealt with by this technical committee or subcommittee. Such organizations are given access to all relevant documentation and are invited to meetings. They may nominate experts to participate in a [Working Group]". (ISO Directives 1.17.2) |
| | 4 | [http://www.iso.org/sites/directives/directives.html#Section-sec_1.17.2 Category A liaison] between ISO and CLARIN. Such liaisons are open to "Organizations that make an effective contribution to the work of the technical committee or subcommittee for questions dealt with by this technical committee or subcommittee. Such organizations are given access to all relevant documentation and are invited to meetings. They may nominate experts to participate in a [Working Group]". (ISO Directives 1.17.2) |
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| | 6 | === Rationale === |
| | 7 | * CLARIN researchers have participated in ISO TC37 SC4 projects (see the -- incomplete! -- table below), but CLARIN-* as such does not get credited for this, because CLARIN-ERIC has no formal standing wrt ISO. For their engagement in ISO project, CLARIN researchers had to take off their CLARIN hats, so to say. |
| | 8 | * CLARIN researchers who were not members of national standards bodies (e.g. ANSI, DIN, etc.) had no obvious way to influence the ISO process; with the liaison, CLARIN attains an official advisory role and designated members of CLARIN centres become able to participate in ISO meetings. |
| | 9 | * As a consequence of the above, CLARIN will be able to gain greater visibility in standardization circles, and (designated) CLARIN researchers will be able to gain access to the relevant documentation (proviso: this does not meet published standards, which are the only source of financing for ISO, and are therefore never circulated freely; experts are however offered access to documentation at draft stages and are able to publish the results of the work they have performed in the process of shaping the final form of ISO standards). |
