| 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. |
| Burn All GIFs | | Campaign for replacing the (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents. |
| LinuxLab - Open Standards | | Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Open Standards | | What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet. |
| Open Standards Repository | | Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs. |
| Openformats.org | | Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange. |
| OpenStandards.net | | A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth. |
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