Briefing Document on "What Are Open Standards?"
A QA Focus briefing document on "What Are Open Standards?"
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- What Are Open Standards?
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Changes
- 20 Sep 2011
- Updated to include Wikipedia and EU's definiton of open standards. Brian Kelly.
- 13 Jun 2006
- Tweaked opening paragraph slightly to remove reference to DNER. Brian Kelly.
- 14 Dec 2004
- Added details regarding Creative Commons Licence. Brian Kelly.