Objectives

The overall objective of the NO-REST project is:

To investigate the applicability and dynamics of standards in the e-business and e -government sectors, and to develop guidelines for tools for the assessment of their performance and of the impact they have on networked organisations.

More specifically, the project will:

	Evaluate the various standards development platforms. This evaluation will focus on Standard Developping Organisations' (SDO) and consortias’ ability to adapt to dynamically changing environments.
	Examine how implementations affect standards. This includes issues of backward compatibility, and how a standard’s integrity can be maintained over time.
	Do a performance analysis and an impact assessment. Develop a methodology for an a-posteriori performance assessment and an a-priori integrated impact assessment of standards, based on the understanding of evolution, dynamics, and applicability of ICT standards in networked organisations in Europe.

The goal of the project is not just to produce new ideas, but also to apply them through its impact assessment framework. For businesses and governments to really understand the significance of standards, they have to be able to assess the importance and role of standards to their operations based on the most up-to-date ideas of how standards behave in application contexts.