Initiatives, organizations and campaigns for the promotion of open standards and against the diffusion of proprietary formats in data exchange....
This page was last updated on June 27th, 2008
This page was last updated on June 27th, 2008
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Please don't send me Microsoft Word documents
A discussion of the problems of MSWord as a document exchange format and what alternatives are available. Suitable for a non-technical audience.
Software Standards versus Protocol Standards
How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies.
Sincere Choice
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
Content Management and Edit Data Exchange
Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.
The Free Standards Group
A non-profit corporation to increase the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the application, development and promotion of standards.
Open Standards-The Only Option
Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols.
We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
Open Standards Repository
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
Streaming media: A case for open standards
Benefits of the development of open specifications for audio and video formats. By Rich Mavrogeanes.
Open Source versus Open Standards
Draws a distinction between open source advocacies and the promotion of public standards, warning against the confusion of these two initiatives.
OpenStandards.net
A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.
Open Software and Open Standards in South Africa
Document discussing the nature and impact of open source software and public standards and recommendations for South Africa.
Business Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
Burn All GIFs
Campaign for replacing the patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics.
Why There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages
Advocates against the use of image formats that are protected by patents. Presents a brief history of the GIF format as well as its open alternatives.
Open Standards
What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
Open Data Format Initiative
Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. Presents its manifesto, forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.
W3C Patent Policy
Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis.
Build Systems, Not Companies, on Open Standards
Without standards, every job is a one-off, and vendor lock-in is assured after the first project. Open standards are the beating heart of e-Business, without which concepts like intranets and business-to-business commerce would not be practical on a mass
Open Standards: Principles and Practice
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
The Principles of Open Standards
Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.
Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
Why Not Word!
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.
No Proprietary Binary Data Formats
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
Open File Format Definition
Definition proposed and discussed on the Texas Open Source Initiative Mailing List, as part of an initiative to promote the use of such standards in government projects.
Death to Proprietary Word Formats
Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.
Openformats.org
Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.
MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format
Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
We Can Put an End to Word Attachments - A Discussion
Forum on Richard Stallman's document against file exchange in proprietary format.
Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
A discussion of the problems of MSWord as a document exchange format and what alternatives are available. Suitable for a non-technical audience.
How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies.
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.
A non-profit corporation to increase the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the application, development and promotion of standards.
Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols.
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
Benefits of the development of open specifications for audio and video formats. By Rich Mavrogeanes.
Draws a distinction between open source advocacies and the promotion of public standards, warning against the confusion of these two initiatives.
A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.
Document discussing the nature and impact of open source software and public standards and recommendations for South Africa.
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
Campaign for replacing the patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics.
Advocates against the use of image formats that are protected by patents. Presents a brief history of the GIF format as well as its open alternatives.
What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. Presents its manifesto, forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.
Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis.
Without standards, every job is a one-off, and vendor lock-in is assured after the first project. Open standards are the beating heart of e-Business, without which concepts like intranets and business-to-business commerce would not be practical on a mass
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
Definition proposed and discussed on the Texas Open Source Initiative Mailing List, as part of an initiative to promote the use of such standards in government projects.
Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.
Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.
Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
Forum on Richard Stallman's document against file exchange in proprietary format.
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
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