DNVA appoints Axel P. Mustad to represent Norway in ICSU CODATA.
DNVA recommends a new project be established in ICSU under CODATA for international cooperation and collaboration in the development of an open platform for ontology engineering and evolution for nanoscience and nanotechnology. The involvement of the wider scientific community in these important activities through an open and freely available Internet based technology platform and system would assist ICSU in facilitating input of nano terms from its members and share this knowledge with experts involved in development and maintenance of international standards for nanotechnology. Norway is actively engaged in these activities and find confidence in continued development of open ontologies in cooperation with ICSU.
Axel P. Mustad is Founder and Chairman of NQCG. He was active in the formation of Standards Norway’s Technical Committee on Standardisation for Nanotechnology (SN/K 298 – Nanotechnology) and has since its inauguration served as Chairman of SN/K 298, the Norwegian Mirror Committee to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Technical Committee on Standardisation for Nanotechnology (CEN/TC 352 – Nanotechnology) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Technical Committee on Standardisation for Nanotechnology (ISO/TC 229 – Nanotechnology). He is represented in ISO/TC 229 as a Norwegian Delegate, Expert and Head of the Norwegian Delegation to ISO/TC 229. In parallel he serves as Chairman of the Norwegian Electrotechnical Committee on Nanotechnology Standardisation for Electrical and Electronic Products and Systems (NEK/NK 113 – Nanotechnology), the Norwegian Mirror Committee to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee on Nanotechnology Standardisation for Electrical and Electronic Products and Systems (IEC/TC 113 – Nanotechnology) where he serves as Norwegian Delegate, Expert and Head of the Norwegian Delegation to IEC/TC 113.