Proceedings 12th EURAS Workshop on Standardisation 'Global, Regional, National, and/or Sectoral Standardisation How to Best Meet the Needs' Edited by Jorg Grondahl Kai Jakobs Angelos I. Zachariadis Table of Contents Reducing the Costs of Standards Activities Karl Best (Kavi Corp.), US Using Standards 1 in Public Procurement Processes to Promote Innovation - A Conceptual Framework Knut Blind (Berlin University of Technology), DE How Stakeholders View the Impacts of International ICT Standards Knut Blind (FhG ISI), DE: Stephan Gauch (University of Calgary), CA Probing Political Correctness: EU Policy (FhG ISI(, DE; on 21 Richard Hawkins Users in ICT Standardisation 39 Egyedi (TU Delft) Education about standardization - Tineke M. 11 Lessons from an International Workshop 57 Henk J. de Vries (RSM Erasmus University), NL; Tineke M Egyedi (TU Delft), NL Important Issues for Vladislav Fomin Open Standards Government Policy M.K. Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School), DK 71 (SUPCO), FR; Where John Doe Could Want to Standardise 87 Today? Stephan Gauch (Fraunhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research), DE Standardization and Specialty Formation Neurosurgery Gavrus (University of Toronto), CA in the Early Twentieth Century: The Case of Delia Necessity of Standards in Adult's Education (Municipality of Kalamaria), GR; Efthymios (University of Macedonia), GR 95 The Stella Giossi 107 Valkanos Grading and Packaging Cost and Their Contribution in the Configuration of Retail Prices of Agricultural Products Chrysovalantis C. Karafillis & Argyrios D. Kolokontes (Aristotle University of Thessalonikl), GR Factors Affecting the Adoption of Quality Systems in SMEs Karipidis & K.N. Athanassiadis (Alexander T.E.I. Thessaloniki), GR; Giompliakis (INSPE, Consulting in Sales and Marketing), GR 115 125 Ph. E. 135 Engineering, Biological Standardisation and Risk: A Bridging Essay Pauline M. H. Mazumdar (University of Toronto), CA Quality Management in DOKPY, Greece: The Transition from Basic Quality Techniques to EFQM Yiannis Nikolaidis & Chrlstos Terpos (University of Western Macedonia), GR Designing a Training Pack of a National Quality System that Confirms the Prototypes of Small and Small-Medium Enterprises (SME) Hariton Polatoglou & Angelos Zachariadis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), GR 147 to 157 The History of International Food Safety Standards and the Codex Alimentarius Commission Brigit Ramsingh (University of Toronto), CA processes - Participation in inter-national environmental standardisation Challenges and problems for the stakeholder 'science' Eberhard K. Seifert (DE) 163 173 The complexity of XML-related standards Eva SoderstrSm (University of Skoevde), SE 175 Standards, Infrastructure Change and Flexibility 189 Jaroslav The Spirco, (TU Delft), NL Emergence of Core Components: (TNO ICT & Policy), NL Richard Tee Standards Dynamics and Dominant Designs 199 - Language Policy in International Standardization - Perception of the IEC Member Countries 215 Hans Teichmann; Henk J. de Vries; Albert J. Feilzer (RSM Erasmus U.), NL Factors Affecting the An AHP Analysis Adoption of Standards in Converging Worlds: Geerten van de Kaa; Henk de Vries; Jan van den Ende 231 (RSM Erasmus U.), for Home Networking (RSM Erasmus U.), NL; Frank den Hartog Henk J. de Vries (RSM Erasmus U.), NL NL Mapping Standards Geerten van de Kaa 247 (TNO-ICT), NL; Models for Standardization Bodies in Small and Developing Countries Walsh (Conformance and Standards Services Australia), AU 257 EN 459: 2001 'Building Lime'. Local Distinctiveness and Standardisation Georgia Zacharopoulou (Greek Ministry of Culture), GR 265 Peter