
In this first article of the regular column on data base standardization activities, I give an overview of topic areas under active development in the formal national and international standardization bodies. I solicit contributions on these active topics so that standardizers and researchers can cooperate in the near term, before irreversible decisions are made, to produce the most useful and highest quality database standards.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 2 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Top 10% | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
