Querying a Data Standard

What purposes was the standard designed to serve? In what ways has it served those purposes? In what ways has it not served those purposes? Has it served any unexpected purposes?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:49pm
What assumptions about how language works, how people act/behave, or how other phenomena operate animated the design of this standard? In what ways have these assumptions manifested in the architecture of the standard?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:50pm
What conflicts emerged in the design of the standard? How were these conflicts mediated during the design process? In what ways have these conflicts manifested in the architecture of the standard?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:50pm
What standards setting bodies have certified the standard? How has this stamp of approval lent legitimacy to the standard?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:51pm
Who designed the standard? What expertise did these individuals bring to the design of the standard? In what ways were these individuals invested in the design of the standard?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:50pm
What forms of interoperability does the standard enable? In what ways does the standard preclude other ways of doing things?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:51pm
How has the standard been misused or creatively ab-used? What effect has this mis-use or ab-use had on the original intentions of the standard?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:51pm
What other standards rely on this standard? In what ways are the legacies of this standard interwoven in these other later standards?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:51pm
When did design on the standard first begin? When was the standard first published? How has the standard evolved since it was first published?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:49pm
Trace the genealogy of this standard. What other standards does this standard rely on? In what ways are the legacies of these prior standards interwoven in this standard?

Submitted by Lindsay Poirier on June 6, 2019 - 7:50pm

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Querying a Data Standard