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OpenStandards.net (Popularity:  )
http://www.openstandards.net/
A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.
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We Can Put an End to Word Attachments (Popularity: )
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
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Open Standards: Principles and Practice (Popularity: )
http://perens.com/OpenStandards/Definition.html
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
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Sincere Choice (Popularity: )
http://sincerechoice.org/
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
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No Proprietary Binary Data Formats (Popularity: )
http://www.podval.org/%7Esds/data.html
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
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Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word (Popularity: )
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/attachments.html
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
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Open Standards Repository (Popularity: )
http://openstandards.org/
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
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Business Case for Open Standards (Popularity: )
http://www.openstandards.net/viewOSnet1C.jsp?showModuleName=businessCaseForOpenStandards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
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The Free Standards Group (Popularity: )
http://www.freestandards.org/
A non-profit corporation to increase the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the application, development and promotion of ...
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Open Source versus Open Standards (Popularity: )
http://rss.com.com/2010-1071-995823.html
Draws a distinction between open source advocacies and the promotion of public standards, warning against the confusion of these two ...
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Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards (Popularity: )
http://xml.coverpages.org/patents.html
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
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W3C Patent Policy (Popularity: )
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy
Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure ...
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Burn All GIFs (Popularity: )
http://burnallgifs.org
Campaign for replacing the patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics.
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Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful (Popularity: )
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/email.html
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
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Why Not Word! (Popularity: )
http://www.rfc1149.net/documents/whynotword.html.en
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.
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Open Standards (Popularity: )
http://www.wigglebits.com/standards.html
What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
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The Principles of Open Standards (Popularity: )
http://www.csrstds.com/openstds.html
Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.
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Software Standards versus Protocol Standards (Popularity: )
http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/open-standards.html
How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies.
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Build Systems, Not Companies, on Open Standards (Popularity: )
http://intranetjournal.com/articles/200202/gb_02_20_02a.html
Without standards, every job is a one-off, and vendor lock-in is assured after the first project. Open standards are the ...
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Open Data Format Initiative (Popularity: )
http://odfi.org/
Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store ...
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