TY - BOOK AU - BARRY, Richard E. TI - Open systems standards : considerations for developing countries PY - 1995/// N2 - Examines 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 ER -