Open Standards - sites beginning with: O

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• The Open Source Definition   
  by OpenSource.org
  
  http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.html

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• Open Data Format Initiative   
  Encouraging open data formats by aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format.
  
  http://odfi.org/

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• Openstandards.org   
  Open Standards Repository is an archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
  
  http://openstandards.org/

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• Why use open formats?   
  Openformats.org is a collaborative documentation project on the definition and use of open formats and public standards, and related technical, economical and political issues.
  
  http://www.openformats.org/main

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• OpenStandards.net   
  It is a not-for-profit organization created to connect people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth, integrating the various resources within the IT industry.
  
  http://www.openstandards.net/index.jsp

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