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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. - Read more URL: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au |
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PR: 6
| Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange. - Read more URL: http://bcn.boulder.co.us |
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PR: 7
| 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. - Read more URL: http://burnallgifs.org |
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PR: 2
| Content Management and Edit Data Exchange Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content. - Read more URL: http://www.edlmax.com |
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PR: 7
| Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies. - Read more URL: http://xml.coverpages.org |
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PR: 6
| Document Freedom Day Aims to educate the public about the importance of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general. Coordinates activities that happen on last Wednesday of March, celebrated as the Document Freedom Day. - Read more URL: http://www.documentfreedom.org |
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PR: 7
| Linux Standard Base The goal of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) is to develop and promote a set of standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux system. - Read more URL: http://www.linuxfoundation.org |
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PR: 4
| LinuxLab - Open Standards Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content. - Read more URL: http://linuxlab.dk |
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PR: 5
| MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments. - Read more URL: http://www.goldmark.org |
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| No Proprietary Binary Data Formats Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives. - Read more URL: http://www.podval.org |
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PR: 5
| 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. - Read more URL: http://odfi.org |
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PR: 5
| Open Design Alliance An association of CAD customers and vendors committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of CAD data. History, members, FAQs, and published papers. - Read more URL: http://www.opendesign.com |
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| Open Media Now! Foundation Supports free ways to create, to distribute and display digital content by actively developing cross-platform solutions, such as Gnash. - Read more URL: http://www.openmedianow.org |
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PR: 8
| 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. - Read more URL: http://news.cnet.com |
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PR: 5
| Open Standards What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet. - Read more URL: http://www.wigglebits.com |
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PR: 6
| Open Standards: Principles and Practice Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability. - Read more URL: http://perens.com |
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PR: 5
| Open Standards Repository Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs. - Read more URL: http://openstandards.org |
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PR: 5
| Openformats.org Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange. - Read more URL: http://www.openformats.org |
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PR: 4
| OpenStandards.net A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth. - Read more URL: http://www.openstandards.net |
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PR: 5
| 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. - Read more URL: http://en.nothingisreal.com |
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