00607nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000220001724500700003926000090010952003720011858300190049020260716043333.0  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