| Directory > Computers > Data Formats > Open Standards 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
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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/
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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.
http://www.naci.org.za/docs/opensource.html
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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
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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
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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.
http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/12373.html
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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Why Not Word!
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.
http://www.rfc1149.net/documents/whynotword.html.en
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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
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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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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
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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.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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/
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Content Management and Edit Data Exchange
Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.
http://www.edlmax.com/CONTENT2.html
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We Can Put an End to Word Attachments - A Discussion
Forum on Richard Stallman's document against file exchange in proprietary format.
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/10/1711238&mode=thread
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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
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Plaintext
In praise of practical e-mail hygiene and against attachments in proprietary formats.
http://www.netby.dk/Oest/Europa-Alle/vermeer/plain.html
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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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.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
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OpenStandards.net
A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and
foster their growth.
http://www.openstandards.net/
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