Why the need for cooperation between standards setting bodies for data communication?

Answer 1

At a personal level we can see why standards are important. They provide a guarantee of safety, predictability and usability. We do not have to worry whether our electrical wiring is safe, or that a piece of paper will fit into an envelope and we can play any CD in any machine. Standards provide a safety net for many areas including clothing, food, furniture, transport and air quality. They remove anxiety for consumers by assuring the fitness for purpose of items we buy and use, as well as creating confidence in the businesses we are buying from. So, in data communication data has to be sent from one place to another. So, when data is going to be sent then sender must has some rules under which it transform and send data to receiver.now if the receiver does also follow that rules only then it can be obtain correct form of data from sender. Otherwise we can say it like that they are connected with each other but not communicating. Computer networks are created by different entities and if standards are not developed it may be possible that every network uses it own rules. But what if they want to communicate with each other. Standards are needed so that these heterogeneous networks can communicate with one another. Due to this we needed the standards so that communicating devices or nodes follow same rules to do communication. EVIL GENIUS SUBHAN