I assume that the relatively modest price of these standards helps defray any development and publication costs. I doubt that there's much profit in it. ======================================
Ralph McDiarmid, AScT Compliance Engineering Group Xantrex Technology Inc. From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of brian_ku...@leco.com Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:50 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Making Standards Free Is there any consideration being taken on making all IEC and/or EN standards available free of charge, online in a common format such as .pdf? This would be very nice. When new versions come out, you just download it. We live in the electronic communication age where almost anything in print is available on the internet. Why not documents as important as compliance standards? Currently, where does the money one pays for standards go? It can't begin to recoup the cost of those who write the standards. Doesn't it mainly go to copying and distribution? Should not cost much to put it online, so why don't they just do it? Many government documents are available on-line for free. More and more are available each year. I see this as the trend toward the paperless society. So what does the future hold for IEC and/or EN standards? Come on. Lets do it. Brian - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
