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Journée mondiale de la normalisation – 14 octobre

14 octobre 2022
Nicole Gregoire
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Mots-clés: échanges, interconnexions, internet, ISO, normalisation, normes, standards

Le 14 octobre de chaque année, se déroule la journée mondiale de la normalisation, organisée par l’ISO (Organisation internationale de normalisation), la CEI (Commission électrotechnique internationale) et l’UIT (Union internationale des télécommunications). Cette journée est célébrée depuis 1970. Il s’agit de marquer le travail d’élaboration des normes et leur importance.

Sans norme, pas d’échange

En effet, sans norme internationale commune, établie et reconnue, pas d’échange possible, quel que soit le domaine : l’informatique, les technologies de l’information et des télécommunications (TIC) ou le vaste domaine non-électronique (l’alimentaire, les services, l’énergie, les transports,…).

Pour ce qui est des TIC, des informations produites par les logiciels ou des réseaux informatiques, les normes sont à la base des interconnexions et des échanges. Et donc de l’interopérabilité. C’est ce qui figure entre autres dans les textes diffusés à l’occasion de cette journée (communiqué de presse et message des présidents).

Encore faut-il que ces normes soient des normes ouvertes, ce qui n’est pas seulement à souhaiter, mais qui est le moyen le plus sûr et le plus puissant, illustré par le réseau mondial Internet, dont on fête au travers du W3C les 10 ans de standards ouverts.

 

Source: Texte (abrégé): Journée Mondiale     Image: SlideShare

World Standards Day – 14 October

14 octobre 2022
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: companies, ISO, organizations, standards, technologies, télécommunications

Throughout the world, there is a set of standards that have been established that companies, organizations, and industries have all agreed to hold up. These standards have been established by mutual agreement between these organizations as part of their participation in the ISO, the International Organization for Standardization. It was these kinds of standards that helped drive the industrial revolution, and today it drives the advancement of all technologies from automotive to telecommunications. World Standards Day celebrates the work of these men and women, and the contribution their work makes to the world at large.

History of World Standards Day

Standards are important, we all know that and were all raised with this concept, but it’s entirely possible that we aren’t truly cognizant of just how vitally important standards can be. In the days before international standards and industrialization things, there was no way to get a replacement part for a machine or piece of equipment that you owned without going to the original manufacturer. Even then it was entirely possible that they’d only be able to do a ‘best fit’ sort of fix. Without automation or a set of standards to work by, every piece of these machines was purpose-built, meaning they were unique to that device.

The industrial revolution saw the beginning of an important change, and while many people say that fire was man’s most important invention, it’s entirely possible that it was actually standardization. Today when you need a replacement screw, you know you can go down to the hardware store and get one.

When you get a new router you know that it will be able to communicate with the networks and other electronic equipment because they all operate on a set of standardized frequencies. Even your cars run on a certain kind of fuel because the ISO set the standard for vehicles of that type. World Standards Day celebrates the hard work of the ISO and the way that it has utterly shaped the world we have today.

How To Celebrate World Standards Day

The best way to Celebrate World Standards Day is just to take some time to contemplate all of the things in your life that are standardized, and how much easier it makes things. Standards dictate the sizes, shapes, composition, frequency, and all the other fiddly bits that make our world fit together. Imagine what our lives would be without standardization!

 

Source: Text: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-standards-day/   Image: iso.org

Palm Sunday, Year B

22 mars 2018
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: accept not to understand, apostles, events, God's time, God's ways, Jesus acclaimed as king, Jesus disciples, Jn.12:12-16, Mk.7:17, standards

As an introduction to the celebration of Palm Sunday, we are given a choice between two gospel texts:
one from Mark (11:1-10) and the other from John (12:12-16).
In the shorter text from John, one verse caught my attention:

“At the time, his disciples did not understand…
Later… they remembered.”
 
It was not the only time that the apostles were puzzled by what Jesus said and did.
At times, back at home, they would question him and asked for explanations (Mk.7:17).

I often think they were lucky to have Jesus answer their questions!…
Yet, even seeing Jesus with their own eyes and sharing daily life with him, it seems that this did not enable them to understand everything…

On the day when Jesus entered Jerusalem acclaimed by the crowd as king, his close friends could not figure out how and why he agreed to this display of admiration.
In fact, people were welcoming him as king and Messiah – the promised Saviour God was to send them one day.

Now, they believed that this day had come and Jesus was the one they had been waiting for to free them from the domination of strangers.
Of course, they did not understand either!

Looking at life and events, it is all too obvious that there are many situations when we simply do not understand God’s ways.
He does not conform to our standards.
He does not fit into our categories.
He does not act as we would expect God to do.
And that is because… he is GOD.

This answer seems too easy and yet… is there any other that can explain God’s ways?
The apostles understood what had happened only LATER… “after Jesus had been glorified.”
For us, too, often some time must elapse before we come to see the purpose of what has happened in this or that situation…

Accepting not to understand, not to see clearly right there and then.
Accepting God’s… delays, God’s time, God’s rhythm for our lives, for our world…

 

Note: Another reflection is available in French on a different theme at: https://image-i-nations.com/dimanche-rameaux-annee-b/

Source: Image: YouTube