00578nam a2200085Ia 4500100002200000245007000022260000900092520037200101583001900473  aBARRY, Richard E.  aOpen systems standards : considerations for developing countries.  c1995  aExamines the growing need for interconnectivity and interoperability between information systems and organizations. Notes that experience has often shown that information management and technology have operated more as adeterrent to, than a facilitator of, improved coordination, information exchange and operations.  Discusses the emergence of open system standards.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR