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In article <BtA8Jx.EMC@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>, mskuhn@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Markus Kuhn) writes:
> 
> Who are the people responsible for technical decisions in the standards making
> process? How are they selected? How is guaranteed, that they represent the
> creme-de-la-creme of academic and industrial experts? Is everything organized
> more in a democratic or aristocratic way? If it is intended to be a democratic

People responsible and selection:

The title of "expert" is the handle given to technical representatives to various ISO committees. 
These representatives are National Standards Bodies members chosen to represent their National Body at
International Meetings -i.e in the USA the National Body is ANSI.

Members of National Bodies are usually representatives from Industries that have joined the
National Body and pay dues (at least this is the case with ANSI).

How a representative from a particular company is chosen to represent that company at a National
Body meeting is up to the individual company. The usual case is someone who is aware of the
strategic direction of the company and is capable of influencing the Standards forming
process in favor of his/her particular companies direction.

This seems self-serving but what the heck it's business..


Guarantee that creme-de-la-creme attend:

Nothing is guaranteed in this world :-)

In the case of Standards, we are not dealing with "Rocket Science" but are suppossed
to be adopting "tried and true stable technology". In many cases an International Standard
will reflect a defacto Standard that's been around for quite some time. At least in my humble
opinion this should be the case.


Democracy:

In my experience, committee decisions are by consensus.