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Open standard but not open access: Schematron author complains about ISO paywall

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ISO standards should be free

The sad thing is that ISO standards must be self-supporting. But for the amount of money that they spend on other things, they could offer free PDF versions and only charge for printed versions. Especially troubling as the work is all done by volunteers (before being passed up to the bureaucracy.

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