I've been involved with standards in general, and SCC in particular, off and on over the years. And it is 100% consistent with my experience with them that this call for comments on a new National Standards Strategy would offer no way to actually view the proposed National Standards Strategy. So I wrote and requested a copy, which I am attaching to this post so people can at least try to respond before the deadline of, um, next week.
To the proposal itself (keep in mind what we have here is a draft): I notice that there is waffling on whether 'equity' is a value (it's included as a value on p.14 but left out of the list on p. 16). I also notice that while we read "fee-based standards inhibit the use of standards, even as they are essential to the financial sustainability of organizations in the system," we don't see the need for open access reflected anywhere in the vision, mission or values proposed. So, for example, we still need to pay to see the Metadata for Learning Resources standard.
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