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What is Open Standards (Typical)

Chapter 9
Handbook of Research on ICT-Enabled Transformational Government: A Global Perspective
Open standards are generally defined based on three criteria. First, the standard is publicly available to everyone at a minimal cost. Second, no entity controls the standard or the standard is licensed on “reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms.” Third, the development process for creating the standard involves public participation.
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Improving Access to Government Information with Open Standards for Document Formats
Rajiv C. Shah (University of Illinois College of Law, USA) and Jay P. Kesan (University of Illinois College of Law, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-390-6.ch009
Abstract
An important element of transformational government is improving the access and use of government information. Effective use of government information requires government to move beyond traditional proprietary document formats because these formats limit access and use of information stored digitally. In this chapter, we show how document formats based on open standards and the Extensible Markup Language (XML) can revitalize citizens’ access and use of government information. We also offer an improved definition of open standards to assist governments in selecting which document formats to adopt. A critical part of this new definition is an emphasis on multiple implementations of an open standard, which is also known as running code.
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