Open Standards - sites beginning with: W

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• Standards and Communication   
  Explains what is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
  
  http://www.wigglebits.com/standards.html

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• W3C Patent Policy   
  The W3C Patent Policy governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis.
  
  http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/

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