PowerPoint Presentation Open Standards

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Principles of Open Standards
Ken Krechmer Fellow, 2003 International Center
for Standards Research University of Colorado at
Boulder krechmer_at_csrstds.com
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Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free
and open encounter?
John Milton, Areopagiticia, A speech for the
liberty of unlicensed printing in the Parliament
of England, 1644
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Creating Freedom
Democracy - open government Freedom of speech
- open media Open technology - open standards
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Definition of a Technical Standard
A Technical Standard defines for a society the
limits on the constraints used for one or more
technical comparisons between implementations.
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Ten Principles of Open Standards
1. Open to stakeholders 2. Consensus 3. Due
Process 4. Open IPR 5. Open World 6. Open
Access 7. Open Meeting 8. On-going
Support 9. Open Interfaces 10. Open Use
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1. Openness all stake holders mayparticipate
in the standards developmentprocess.Original
ANSI requirement
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2. Consensus all interests are discussed and
agreement found, no domination.Original ANSI
requirement
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3. Due Process balloting and an appeals process
may be used to find resolution.Original ANSI
requirement
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4. Open IPR holders of Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR) must identify themselves during the
standards development process.New ANSI
requirement
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5. Open World same standard for the same
function, world-wide.ANSI supported
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6. Open Access all may access committee
documents, drafts and completed standards
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7. Open Meeting all may participate in
standards development meetings
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8. On-going Support  standards are supported
until user interest ceases rather than when
provider interest declines.
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9. Open Interfaces interfaces allow additional
functions, public or proprietary.
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10. Open Use low or no charge for IPR necessary
to implement an accredited standard.
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Summation
Open Standards Concept Impact Risk/Reward
Open Access to committee Little revenue loss,
possible low/medium work-in-progress
documents stakeholder increase On-going
Support of Increased user participation low/m
edium accredited standards Open
Access to completed Loss of standard
document medium/medium committee documents
sales revenue Open Meetings all may
attend Loss of membership dues medium/medium Ope
n Interfaces New technical requirements medium/
high Open Use Loss of economic
motivation high/low