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Topia!: Computers: Data Formats: Open Standards (30)
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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. We Can Put an End to Word Attachments - Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange. MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format - Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments. Open Standards: Principles and Practice - Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability. Sincere Choice - Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination. No Proprietary Binary Data Formats - Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives. Plaintext - In praise of practical e-mail hygiene and against attachments in 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. We Can Put an End to Word Attachments - A Discussion - Forum on Richard Stallman's document against file exchange in proprietary format. Content Management and Edit Data Exchange - Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content. Open Standards Repository - Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs. Business Case for Open Standards - Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards. 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 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. Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards - Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies. 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. 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. Burn All GIFs - Campaign for replacing the patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful - Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives. Why Not Word! - Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate. Death to Proprietary Word Formats - Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats. LinuxLab - Open Standards - Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content. Open Standards - What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet. The Principles of Open Standards - Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats. Software Standards versus Protocol Standards - How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies. Why Open Standards Matter - Use of closed standards to prevent competition while protecting revenue is wrong. This practice creates artificial value at the users' expense. Open StandardsThe Only Option - Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols. 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. 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.
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