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| Standards Bodies and Consortia | | AIAG - Develops standards for the automotive industry | | ANSI - American National Standards Institute | | ASTM - an international voluntary standards organization that develops and produces technical standards for | | CableLabs - pursues new cable telecommunications technologies and their integration | | DCML - provides a standard model to describe one or more data center environments | | DMTF - Develops standards for distributed desktop, network, enterprise and Internet environment | | ECMA - International European association for standardizing information and communication systems | | ETSI - produces European telecommunications standards | | FIX - messaging specifications for the electronic communication of trade-related messages | | FreeStandards.org - Accelerating the use and acceptance of open source technologies through standards. | | ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | | IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission | | IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc | | IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force | | ISO - International Organization for Standardization | | ITU - International Telecommunications Union | | JCP - Java Community Process | | JXTA - Combination P2P open standards with Java open source implementation. | | LibertyAlliance - Liberty Alliance Project | | NHIN - a collection of standards, protocols, legal agreements, specifications, and services that enables the secure exchange of health information over the internet | | OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems | | ODMG - Object Data Management Group | | OGC - international consortium for geospatial and location based services standards | | OMA - Creates open standards and specifications for interoperable mobile services. | | OMG - Object Management Group | | OpenGroup - an international vendor and technology-neutral consortium | | OSGi - dynamic module system for Java | | RosettaNet - Open e-business process standards | | RTCA - Develops recommendations for communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic issues. | | SunSpec - defines open data standards for the renewable energy and photovoltaic (PV) industries | | TCG - Industry standards group to help create specs for hardware-enabled trusted computing and security te | | UDDI.org - Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration | | VoiceXML - an industry organization formed to create and promote the Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML | | W3C - World Wide Web Consortium | | workforce-xml - standardization of xml integration of devices/apps for the workforce | | WS-I - Web Services Interoperability Organization |
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| February 2010 | Denmark adopts ODF and PDF/A
Central government bodies in Denmark will have to use open document formats, including the OpenDocument Format (ODF), from 2011, the Danish parliament has ruled.
- ZDNet Asia, February 3, 2010 | Industry calls for smart card security standard
The solution will build on an open standard already implemented by the four partner companies, and that will eventually be governed by an independent body.
- EE Times India, February 1, 2010 | | January 2010 | Oracle changes the IT strategy landscape
The $4.3 billion of research and development budgeted for fiscal year 2011 will allow Oracle to safeguard and reinvigorate Sun products and to make this hardware the “gold standard” for running Oracle applications. The announcement also included a commitment to continue its open standards efforts, specifically mentioning Java and MySQL; to this end, Oracle has expanded its upcoming Java developer’s conference to locations in Brazil, Russia, China, and India.
- TechRepublic, January 29, 2010 | Danish Parliament Sets Rules for Open Document Formats
The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April 1, 2011, Denmark's Liberal Party said on Friday.
- PC World, January 29, 2010 | Apple becomes more closed with each new device...
OPINION: "Since the introduction of the iPod, iPhone, and now the iPad, Apple is becoming less and less open, it using fewer standard components and chips, and far fewer Internet technologies common to Mac/PC desktop and laptop systems."
- ZD Net, January 28, 2010 | Major Smart Card Market Players Join Forces to Advance Open and Secure Public Transport Smart Card Applications
Transport Ticketing 2010 Conference & Expo, London - January 26, 2010 - Smart card manufacturers Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) and Oberthur Technologies S.A., and chip suppliers Infineon Technologies AG and INSIDE Contactless S.A. announced they have launched an industry initiative to provide a new security solution for next-generation smart card-based public transport applications.
- MoreRFID, January 27, 2010 | Steps to adopt open source standards draw flak
“The modifications made to the suggestions given by an expert committee recommendations would make the policy very weak and not favour open standards,” says Dr G Nagarajan, chairman of the Free Software Foundation of India, which advocates that the software should be free and open for all. The draft is also not clear on whether it will also impact existing e-governance projects or only new tenders.
- The Economic Times, January 19, 2010 | Twitter Punches Back at Facebook Connect
Twitter is using an open, standards based approach with OAuth for authentication and data sharing, while Facebook uses proprietary protocols for Facebook Connec
- PAETEC, January 18, 2010 | Here We Go Again: Video Standards War 2010
Think of the words "standards war," and unless you're a standards wonk like m...oh, never mind...you're likely to think of the battle between the Betamax and VHS video tape formats. That's because videos are consumer products that just about everyone uses, and therefore the bloodshed in that standards war was not only shed in public view, but the some of the blood that was shed was shed by the public (i.e., those that bought video players supporting Betamax, the losing, but arguably superior, format). Fast forward (pun intended) to the present, and the trademarks "HD DVD and "Blu-ray" may ring a bell - and that's no coincidence.
- consortiuminfo.org, January 11, 2010 | 9 Reasons Why SVGs are Important for the Web
OPINION: Despite being a W3C specification since 2001, Scalable Vector Graphics have never received the attention they deserve. Primarily, this is because the majority of web users (using Internet Explorer) are unable to view the images without a plugin.
- sitepoint, January 8, 2010 | Obama's CTO Aneesh Chopra: Innovation and open technology standards are key
The message of White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra on Thursday was both clear and irritatingly abstract. For the United States to pull out of recession and strive, government and businesses must be nimble and transformative, he said.
- Los Angeles Time, January 8, 2010 | The rise of web applications and Chrome: it's all about timescales
The significant thing about Chrome is that it sets a new way of thinking. It does not mean Chrome will dominate the world. Open standards mean that other companies could provide similar services. It’s the 80% scenario.
- Free Software Magazine, January 8, 2010 | Why You Should Use OpenGL And Not DirectX
OPINION: OpenGL is better for the future of games OpenGL is a non-profit open standard created to allow users on any platform to experience the highest quality ...
- gamasutra.com, January 8, 2010 | Automation World Readers voice innovation needs and concerns
In October, Automation World conducted an Internet survey asking readers about their feelings regarding automation innovation. Almost 100 responded, sharing insights, concerns and their outlook for the future. Here are some of the responses compiled by Contributing Editor Alex Anderson.
- AutomationWorld, January 7, 2010 | HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy New Year, everyone!
- OpenStandards.net, January 1, 2010 | | December 2009 | Meet the New OpenID Foundation Board Members
OpenID, the open standard for federated user identity across multiple websites, is led by the OpenID Foundation. That organization announced the election of its newest Board members today. These are the people who will be moving and shaking OpenID on a policy and standards level.
- ReadWriteWeb, December 30, 2009 | An application war is brewing in the cloud
Today's cloud-computing vendors focus on infrastructure, but that won't be the case for long. It can't be. As competing vendors seek to differentiate themselves, they're going to move "up the stack" into applications.
- THE OPEN ROAD, December 30, 2009 | Everything in health care depends on execution
NHIN-Connect was designed to ease the work of Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs), but now it will define it. The open standards and open interfaces of the Health Internet will let doctors get records, not just between Atlanta and Macon, but between New York and Los Angeles.
- ZD Net, December 28, 2009 | Microsoft Loses to i4i
Microsoft Corporation, one of the world’s largest software companies, has lost another battle. The company has been slapped with a $290 million penalty for infringement of Canada-based i4i’s patent number 5787449.
- Zacks.com, December 24, 2009 | For Google, The Meaning Of Open Is When It's Convenient For Them
OPINION: Yesterday, Google published a long manifesto on the "meaning of open" in the form of an email to all employees republished as a blog post. In it, senior VP of product management Jonathan Rosenberg, makes an eloquent argument for why open systems always win and urges Google's employees to always strive to be open when designing products. An open Internet spurs innovation and brings more consumers on board, which ultimately means more searches and increased use of Web applications.
- The Washington Post, December 22, 2009 | XSPA Profile of SAML and XSPA Profile of XACML approved as OASIS Standards for Healthcare
The OASIS international consortium today announced two new information standards that give hospitals, insurers, and others in the healthcare community much-needed mechanisms for exchanging privacy policies, evaluating consent directives, and determining authorizations. The Cross-Enterprise Security and Privacy Authorization (XSPA) Profile of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) for Healthcare and the XSPA Profile of the eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) for Healthcare have both been approved as OASIS Standards, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification.
- THE MEDICAL NEWS, December 19, 2009 | Google Grabs Plaxo’s CTO To “Turbocharge” The Opening Of The Social Web
Back in June, Google lost Kevin Marks, one of the social web’s main proponents within the company. Today, they’ve gained a new one: Joseph Smarr.
- TechCru;nh, December 18, 2009 | 10 points on the mandatory use of open standards in Hungary
Hungarian Parliament has made the use of open standards mandatory by law in the intercommunication between public administration offices, public utility companies, citizens and voluntarily joining private companies, conducted via the central governmental system.
- Nyílt Szabvány Szövetség - Open Standards Alliance, December 17, 2009 | In Letter to FCC, Obama Administration Wants Open Standards and Networks for Public Safety
A government letter sent on behalf of the Obama Administration to the agency charged with rolling out a national broadband plan repeatedly refers to the need for open platforms, standards and networks going forward in order to keep the country safe.
- BroadbandBreakfast.com, December 15, 2009 |
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