The Meaning of Open Standards

Ken Krechmer, Fellow, International Center for Standards Research University of Colorado at Boulder; Communications Standards Review

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2005)

What is an "open standard" and why should we care? When Microsoft claims it offers "open standards", that may be a good reason to learn what "open standards" means to Microsoft and what it means to the rest of us. This lecture discusses ten principles of "open standards". These ten points offer a way of rating just how "open" a standard is and what the value of openness is for the user, equipment or system developer, or standards development organization.