From: On organisational involvement and collaboration in W3C standards through editorship
Characterisation of organisational involvement in W3C standardisation | • A standardisation organisation and larger enterprises are dominating involvement overall with respect to editorship. • The United States and other countries where the majority of citizens are native English speakers dominate involvement. |
Characterisation of organisational involvement over time | • W3C standard development has proceeded over approximately 20 years. • A strong growth in number of standard development projects has been experienced over time. • Larger enterprises have been most extensively involved over time compared to other organisation types. • The United States have been continuously involved in standards released since the beginning of W3C standardisation. |
Organisational involvement in different technologies | • Larger enterprises dominate by contributing primarily to the most highly ranked technologies. • Larger enterprises are alone editors in standards for 12 of 89 technologies • Universities are alone editors in standards for two technologies. • The United States dominate by contributing primarily to the most highly ranked technologies. • The United States are alone editors in standards for 17 of 89 technologies. • Great Britain are alone editors in standards for two technologies. |
Organisational involvement in relation to standard development time | • Development time for standards is diversified and spans from a couple of months to 15 years for different standards. • There are significant differences in development time for standards involving different organisation types and countries. • Standards involving research institutes have the shortest development time. • Standards involving universities have the longest development time. |
Organisational collaboration in W3C standardisation | • There is extensive collaboration between different organisations, types of organisations, and countries. • Larger enterprises have the most extensive collaboration with other organisation types. • Larger enterprises and universities collaborate most extensively. • The United States have the most extensive collaboration with other countries. • The United States and Great Britain collaborate most extensively. • The majority of organisations with extensive involvement have extensive collaboration. • The level of involvement and collaboration is similar for the different organisation types. • All countries with extensive involvement have extensive collaboration. |