International and Turkish information technology standardization

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is working towards establishing worldwide concensus-oriented standards in information technology. The report reviews the state-of-the-art in information technology standardization. It establishes that the current trend in both hardware and software is towards open platforms and open distributed systems. Networks are evolving towards intelligent networks. Financial institutions and network operating companies are cooperating in ISO committees to prepare security standards. In Turkiye the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) is active more than ever in promoting the cause of standards. It is recognized that in the information technology area TSE's activities are limited to trying to have the product conformity to the Latin Alphabet No. 5 which includes Turkish characters at all levels. It is the wish of the industry leaders to introduce the present ISO information technology standards and contribute to the future standards. Various mechanisms are discussed on how this can be established.