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, ... - 

[2] The OpenDocument standard meets the common definitions of an open standard, meaning the specification is freely available and implementable. ... - 

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

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

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. - 

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

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

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. - 

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

Spread global adoption by translating an OASIS Standard into another language. Host an OASIS Open Standards Day in your area ... - 

The file format makes transformations to other formats simple by leveraging and reusing existing standards wherever possible. As an open standard under the ... - 

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 ... - 

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

The Open Group works towards enabling access to integrated information within and between enterprises, based on open standards and global interoperability. - 

"Open Standards, and in particular Semantic Web Standards, can help lower the cost of government, make it easier for independent agencies to work together, ... - 

XMPP Standards Foundation. This website provides complete information about the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), an open XML technology ... - 

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.® (OGC) is a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of ... -