There has been plenty of debate and speculation following the liquidation of the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA). Dr. Arle Lommel is the former director of open standards at LISA. He is currently Standards Coordinator for the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)'s standards initiative, where he is focusing on establishing a broad program to promote the use of standards.
Who do the former LISA standards really belong to legally?
LISA’s statutes required that the standards be donated to a successor organization. After considerable consultation with LISA members and the broader community, the decision was made to donate them to ETSI for maintenance. Even though ETSI will own the current versions of LISA standards, other groups can develop individual standards by coordinating with ETSI (to avoid “forking” the standards).
What are GALA's plans for the standards?
GALA does not want to become a standards body and will not develop them directly. However, we will be active in ETSI or whichever organization takes over their development, and we will promote best practices for their use.
What GALA will do is promotional and educational work around the standards. There are now over 100 standards relevant to localization, but few are known or used. Many of them ...
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