FC: There WILL BE (some may say, already are) multiple O&G industry
standards out there from the different standard organizations -- some open,
some not so open. (01)
AA: Big science and technology are increasingly converging, while Big
Industry is increasingly diverging. (02)
ISO announces that "ISO has developed over 17500 International Standards on
a variety of subjects and some 1100 new ISO standards are published every
year." http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue.htm (03)
Only on petroleum and related products, there are as many standards as:
Extraction and processing of petroleum and natural gas; Crude petroleum;
Natural gas; Petroleum products in general; Lubricants, industrial oils and
related products; ., Equipment for petroleum and natural gas industries;
Petroleum products and natural gas handling equipment; Including petroleum
and natural gas storage devices, distribution systems, pipelines, petrol
stations, dispensing devices, etc. (04)
That strikes as a standards anarchy, seemingly motivated by profit, as Rich
suggested. The situation is in need of ontological structuring and ordering,
and an industry master ontology is a real help :). (05)
Azamat Abdoullaev (06)
http://standardontology.org (07)
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