This CCC webinar in the “Workflow of the Future” series triggered a thought-provoking discussion exploring how FAIR principles could help standards publishers transform the re-usability of standards data.

Fast, efficient and easy access to standards in the user’s workflow has never been more important. This installment of the Workflow of the Future series looks at the needs of the standards user and what is being done to address those needs.

In early May, CCC hosted “Workflow of the Future: Sustainable Business Models,” the fifth event in a series designed to help facilitate important conversations on critical topics related to standards, including sustainability.

As users demand more efficient and effective ways of working with standards, new business models are emerging. Digital transformation of the standards sector has massive potential for change yet can introduce risk. The ISO/IEC SMART standards initiative, for example, has ramifications across the industry as it seeks to model the way forward.

Holly Neber, CEO of AEI Consultants, describes the working group’s efforts, and focuses on a guide they are developing which will provide a much-needed standardized framework for describing and assessing physical risk associate with building development.

Dave Davis reviews the webcast, Workflow of the Future: Standards & Sustainability, where a panel of industry experts discussed sustainability challenges in trying to reduce our impact on the environment and in managing the effects of the changing environment itself.