Open_Standards

	Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful : Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives. - www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/email.html
	Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word : Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange. - bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/attachments.html
	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 scale. - intranetjournal.com/articles/200202/gb_02_20_02a.html
	Burn All GIFs : Information on upgrading a web site from the patent-encumbered GIF format to freely available graphics. - burnallgifs.org/
	Business Case for Open Standards : Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards. - www.openstandards.net/viewOSnet1C.jsp?showModuleName=businessCaseForOpenStandards
	Content Management and Edit Data Exchange : Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content. - www.edlmax.com/CONTENT2.html
	Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards : Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies. - xml.coverpages.org/patents.html
	Death to Proprietary Word Formats : Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats. - homepages.borland.com/ccalvert/Opinion/WordFormats.html
	MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format : Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments. - www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html
	No Proprietary Binary Data Formats : Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives. - www.podval.org/%7Esds/data.html
	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. - odfi.org/
	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. - www.anansispaceworks.com/Documentation/BuildImage/Legal/tosi.openformatdef.2003.03.19.html
	Open Standards : What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet. - www.wigglebits.com/standards.html
	Open Standards Repository : Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs. - openstandards.org/
	Open Standards-The Only Option : Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols. - www.sdtimes.com/opinions/guestview_029.htm
	Open Standards: Principles and Practice : Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability. - perens.com/OpenStandards/Definition.html
	Openformats.org : Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange. - www.openformats.org/
	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. - www.dfki.uni-kl.de/~miller/no-word
	Sincere Choice : Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination. - sincerechoice.org/
	Software Standards versus Protocol Standards : How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies. - www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/open-standards.html
	Streaming media: A case for open standards : Benefits of the development of open specifications for audio and video formats. By Rich Mavrogeanes. - news.com.com/2010-1025_3-5099118.html
	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. - www.freestandards.org/
	The Principles of Open Standards : Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats. - www.csrstds.com/openstds.html
	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. - www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy
	We Can Put an End to Word Attachments - A Discussion : Forum on Richard Stallman's document against file exchange in proprietary format. - newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/10/1711238&mode=thread
	Why Not Word! : Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate. - www.rfc1149.net/documents/whynotword.html.en
	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. - www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html