- Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/email.html
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/attachments.html
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://intranetjournal.com/articles/200202/gb_02_20_02a.html
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Burn All GIFs
Campaign for replacing the patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics.
http://burnallgifs.org
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- Business Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
http://www.openstandards.net/viewOSnet1C.jsp?showModuleName=businessCaseForOpenStandards
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
http://xml.coverpages.org/patents.html
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Death to Proprietary Word Formats
Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.
http://homepages.borland.com/ccalvert/Opinion/WordFormats.html
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- LinuxLab - Open Standards
Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content.
http://linuxlab.dk/openstandards/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format
Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- No Proprietary Binary Data Formats
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
http://www.podval.org/%7Esds/data.html
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://odfi.org/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.anansispaceworks.com/Documentation/BuildImage/Legal/tosi.openformatdef.2003.03.19.html
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://rss.com.com/2010-1071-995823.html
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Open Standards
What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
http://www.wigglebits.com/standards.html
(Added: Sat Apr 01 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Open Standards Repository
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
http://openstandards.org/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Open Standards-The Only Option
Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols.
http://www.sdtimes.com/opinions/guestview_029.htm
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Open Standards: Principles and Practice
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
http://perens.com/OpenStandards/Definition.html
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Openformats.org
Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.
http://www.openformats.org/
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- OpenStandards.net
OpenStandards.net is a not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.
http://www.openstandards.net/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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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.
http://www.dfki.uni-kl.de/~miller/no-word
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Sincere Choice
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
http://sincerechoice.org/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Software Standards versus Protocol Standards
How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies.
http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/open-standards.html
(Added: Sat Apr 01 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Streaming media: A case for open standards
Benefits of the development of open specifications for audio and video formats. By Rich Mavrogeanes.
http://news.com.com/2010-1025_3-5099118.html
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- 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.
http://www.freestandards.org/
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Principles of Open Standards
Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.
http://www.csrstds.com/openstds.html
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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