Point of View: Documenting Technology for Creativity
As we look to the theme of the 125th Technical Conference — Future Sights and Sounds — there is a feeling of anticipation about what benefits the emerging technologies may bring. But as a technical society responsible for documenting technology, do we dampen the enthusiasm when we pose the questions: Does too much creativity allow too little consistency for standardization? Will the innovations bring order or chaos? Will future technologies yield to the effective documentation, or are standards restrictive to inventiveness and creativity? History has shown that regulatory standards may be restrictive — voluntary standards are not!
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1984-03
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J03619
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