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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
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... Vinton Cerf of MCI, drawing on his experiences with the Internet, noted that interoperability standards must involve a process requiring implementation and testing that shows that independent i~nple~nentations can, indeed, interoperate. Although they have received the most attention in discussions of information infrastructure, interoperability standards are only one of the many kinds of standards needed.
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