international standards
International Technical Standards for e-Government
White Paper This paper provides an overview of the work currently being undertaken at an international level by the OASIS e-Government Technical Committee on developing ICT standards for interoperability to support the work of putting government services on... [23 Aug 2005]
International Accounting Standards - Are Your Systems Ready?
White Paper In June of 2002, the EU adopted a regulation that requires all listed European companies to prepare their consolidated accounts for financial years commencing on or after 1 January 2005 under International Accounting Standards. [13 Oct 2005]
Chinese phones to shun international standards
News The push to domestic standards such as TD-SCDMA aims to cut licensing fees for foreign-developed standards, and hopes eventually make China-developed technology popular internationally. China's domestically developed TD-SCDMA standard was recently... [04 Nov 2003]
The Implications of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on Finance Systems
White Paper The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued a wide range of International Accounting Standards (IAS) over the past years that, along with recent improvements and additions, collectively make up the body of requirements for IFRS. [13 Oct 2005]
International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: A Revised Framework
White Paper This paper presents the outcome of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's ("the Committee") work over recent years to secure international convergence on revisions to supervisory regulations governing the capital adequacy of internationally... [29 Mar 2005]
Addressing International Accounting Standards: Single Reporting
White Paper TransAlta Corporation was facing pressures due to the deregulation of the Canadian utilities industry. Their response was to implement the mySAP Human Resources solution to help realize both its near-term goal of maintaining low-cost generation... [06 May 2004]
IAS 2005 - Preparing Your Enterprise for New International Financial Reporting Standards
White Paper This includes making sure your financial systems are capable of reporting in both IAS and existing standards, modeling the impact IAS 2005 may have on your financial results and taking action to minimize any negative impacts. [19 Jul 2003]
Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN)
White Paper Tree and tabular combined notation (TTCN, International Standards Organization [ISO]/International Electrotechnical Commission [IEC] 9646-3) is a notation standardized by the ISO for the specification of tests for communication systems and has... [24 Feb 2004]
Roles for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Accelerating the Development of Critical Biometric Consensus Standards for US Homeland Security and the Prevention of ID Theft
White Paper Deploying new information technology systems for homeland security will require a comprehensive set of both national and international technically sound standards for biometrics that meet the U.S.needs. [16 Jan 2005]
Conformity to Standards
White Paper AT&T continues to participate on domestic and international standards boards. Standards are followed in order of precedence when applicable and as established by the various domestic and international organizations including the ATM Forum, ANSI... [30 Aug 2005]
SAP Strategic Enterprise Management Streamlines International Reporting
White Paper As a global player, Henkel was quick to recognize the benefits of adopting the International Accounting Standards (IAS). Henkel Group's reporting systems were outdated and inefficient, and the advent of International Accounting Standards (IAS... [27 May 2004]
Governments push for secure software standard
News The International Standards Organisation (ISO) is to vote on CC in October. If the Common Criteria (CC) is adopted, it will replace Europe's Itsec, the US' Tcsec and Canada's Ctcpec standards. Governments throughout the world are negotiating the... [09 Jul 1998]
Biometric standards for ID cards unveiled
News New international standards on biometric technology have been published. Use of biometrics by the public sector must conform to these international biometrics standards, the government has specified. The BS ISO/IEC 19794 series of standards cover... [26 Aug 2005]
Passport applicants told to stop smiling
News UK passport applicants are being warned not to smile to ensure their mug shots comply with international aviation standards and also work with facial recognition technology being introduced with the new biometric 'ePassports'. [06 Sep 2005]
EC dithers over OpenDocument approval
News The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the OpenDocument file format, even though the format has been endorsed by international standards groups. But a month after Held made this statement, Microsoft announced it was submitting its Office... [08 May 2006]
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