Standards Development Ahead of Deployment: A Perspective on Timing in Emerging Technology Sectors

Authors

  • Eanna Cregan Department of Standards, Barrow Valley Centre for Emerging Materials, Athy, Ireland Author
  • Gabriel Ipser Centre for Technology Foresight, Broumovsko Institute of Advanced Technology, Broumov, Czech Republic Author
  • Cristovao Hilario Centre for Innovation Policy, Marao Institute of Advanced Technology, Amarante, Portugal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22673022

Keywords:

Standards Development Ahead of Deployment; Next-generation R&D; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in standards development ahead of deployment right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for standards development ahead of deployment, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where engineers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance

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