The definitions of the term "open standard" used by academics, the European Union and some of its member governments or parliaments such as Denmark, France, ...

Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.

OpenStandards.net is a not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.

Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.

What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.

Open Standards are essential for interoperability and freedom of choice based on the merits of different software applications. They provide freedom from ...

The site www.open-std.org is holding a number of web pages for groups producing open standards:. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2 - character sets ...

Jun 5, 2008 ... “Despite the acknowledged importance of open standards, it was also recognised that the selection and use of open standards is not always ...

Sun's software czar Jonathan Schwartz writes that the terms are not interchangeable, a point that often gets overlooked. He explains why it pays to read ...

Even when technical differences polarise technologists, it's difficult to find any users who prefer closed, proprietary technology to open standards. ...

Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.

Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.

Jul 24, 2006 ... To comply with the Open Standards Requirement, an "open standard" must satisfy the following criteria. If an "open standard" does not meet ...

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is an international, not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, ...

“The next big battleground between the Open Source and proprietary software communities will be in the area of Open Standards. You need Open Standards to ...

Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content.

Creators of the VRML (VRML1, VRML97 and now X3D, previously called VRML200x) open standards.

Standards body for oil and gas data storage, exchange and e-business.

".epub" is composed of three open standards, the Open Publication Structure (OPS), Open Packaging Format (OPF) and Open Container Format (OCF), ...

Dec 14, 2005 ... Open standards are international accepted protocols (technical specifications) which guarantee interchangeability between and with other ...