“…Standards' key role in encouraging innovation, improving markets and creating competitive opportunitiesarestrongsellingpointswhenexplainingthebenefitsofinterfacingwithstandardbodies (Copras,2007a,Blind,2013.InEurope,thelaunchofthenewversionoftheEuropeanInteroperability Framework (EC, 2017c) has connected standards work even stronger to laudable activities like designinganddelivering"seamlessEuropeanpublicservices","promotinginteroperability",and contributingtothe"establishmentoftheDigitalSingleMarket" (EC,2017d).Withtheimportance assigned to standards one would expect that a lot of resources and manpower were allocated to standards-making.Thisisnotalwaysthecase.Manypotentialstandardsexpertsexperiencebarriers toparticipation,e.g.,lackoftime,travelbudgets,andotherresources (Blind,2006);lackofsupport from their employers (Blind, 2013), distrust in the process (Hoel, 2014a(Hoel, , 2014b, etc. Lack of participation,however,isonlypartoftheproblem,aswedonotfullyknowwhatcontributestothe qualityofastandard (Hollins&Hoel,2010;Sherif,Jakobs,&Egyedi,2007),andhowstandardsare relatedtoinnovation (Blind,2013).…”