Re: Why Open Source is Replacing Open Standards

On 10/15/2014 3:02 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
> Speaking of open standards and priorities, here's a blog that 
> postulates that if broad interoperability is a key goal, the best way 
> to achieve that is to focus on OSS rather than open standards:

Interesting.

A year and a half ago, I was asked to give a "cloud" presentation 
(attached).  I was disturbed by the lack of standardization in cloud 
(despite a vibrant open source community), so I included (slides 36-42) 
why OSS does not address what is needed for open standards.

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>   Why Open Source is Replacing Open Standards
> <http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/jim-zemlin-3580702/> 
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> To some extent this view is a bit of a "duh". However, perhaps, some 
> of the points are relevant vis-à-vis discussions like "After 5" (i.e. 
> Robin's [After5]), identifying high priority work for the Web (f.ex. 
> [Prios]) and Application Foundations [AF].
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> -Cheers, AB
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> [After5] <http://darobin.github.io/after5/>
> [Prios] <https://www.w3.org/wiki/AB#AB_Priorities_for_2014.2F2015>
> [AF] 
> <http://www.w3.org/blog/2014/10/application-foundations-for-the-open-web-platform/>
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