We are approaching the two-year anniversary of OpenStand. There have been many dedicated presentations about OpenStand, and OpenStand has been featured in a good many presentations over the past two years. However, we thought we’d share our “What is OpenStand” presentation. Please feel free to download, share and embed this presentation: OpenStand – Principles for […]
Two years ago, on August 29, 2012, IAB, IEEE, IETF, ISOC and W3C agreed to affirm and uphold a set of established, time-tested principles that have helped drive innovation of the last two decades. The “OpenStand” Principles were drafted and jointly affirmed to help mobilize ongoing global support for the application of open, market-driven principles for […]
OpenStand recently received very salient feedback from a supporter. In his email, he likened the OpenStand website to one that advocates for clean air. In short, he argued that no one could argue with such a site: Clean air is good. Just like open development and the OpenStand Principles are good. However, he asserted the […]
Agriculture is one of a growing number of industries leveraging open standards to create APIs that help farmers more effectively gather, analyze and share data. Modern production agriculture methodologies have the ability to increase crop yields and reduce environmental impacts. However today, it is common for farmers to become inundated by the sheer amount of […]
The Internet Society (ISOC), an Affirming Partner of the OpenStand Principles, recently released the first in a series of Global Internet Reports. The Reports are designed to showcase current topics that stand at core of ISOC’s work regarding the future of a diverse, multi-stakeholder Internet community. The first Global Internet Report, “Open and Sustainable Access for All,” champions the […]
Open Knowledge Foundation Nepal, the Central Department of Library Science and FOSS Nepal Community organized a workshop in April 2014 to discuss open standards in support of Document Freedom Day. One of the goals of the workshop was to garner participation of diverse organizations and stakeholders with an interest and passion in open standards. Participants […]
Global, open access to information and technologies have the power to transform governments, collaboration, innovation and enable dialogue on key social, political and economic issues. As the open community continues to grow and work towards transparency and universal access to information, data and technology applications, the Open Knowledge Foundation is hosting the OKFestival 2014 in […]
From business to personal life, standards play a key role in life around us — and bringing together people across continents to enjoy the world’s largest sporting competition is no exception.The world’s attention has turned to Brazil for the next four weeks as the 2014 World Cup Brazil™ takes place. More than half of the […]
As more and more apps are built, it is important to realize the value, benefits and market need for Open Standards in the application development process. So, here are five reasons open standards are essential to app development: 1. No boundaries, fewer limitations. With open standards, application developers are not locked in to a specific […]