1.2.1 Fundamental standards

Fundamental standards are like the foundation of a building; they are needed to create solid constructions. They play a role in setting the terminology and concepts that are used by organisations implementing IT systems and they influence other types of standards. From a strategic point of view, it is therefore important to include accountability as a crosscutting concept in fundamental cloud standards where relevant and possible. So far, most of the standardisation initiatives in work-package A-5 have precisely been directed at putting accountability into core standards (see [2] for details).