Standards in an Educational / Research Context

Standards are important in a public sector context (e.g. education, research, central & local government, ...) context to:

  • Ensure widespread access to resources
  • Enables resources to be reused and repurposed
  • Ensure scholarly resources can be preserved
  • Address accountability of public funding
  • Minimise resource costs for upgrading systems
  • Provide universal access to resources (cf disability legislation)

Standards