Jo Rabin
Jo Rabin of linguafranca.org is an independent consultant offering services to the
publishing community, among others. He is especially interested in the impact of
technology on corporate strategy and product development. Formerly the CTO of Reuters
Mobile he initiated what has gone on to become NewsML under the management of the
IPTC.
Articles by this author
Standards Selection is Vendor Selection
Just as the open source movement has changed attitudes to software and software
vendors, so phenomena like RSS may be changing attitudes to the creation and maintenance
of
industry standards.
News Standards: A Rising Tide of Commoditization
How can news providers persuade customers to accept new standard formats? Does
RSS threaten or present opportunity to the news industry. Jo Rabin comments on the
state of
standards in the news industry.