De Facto Standard

Identification
Name
De Facto Standard
Definition (1)
Source
http://www.linfo.org/de_facto_standard.html
Description
A standard that has become a standard because it is widely used rather than because it was officially approved by some standards organization or government.
De facto standards are not necessarily the best standards. Rather, they typically come into being because they are the first or because some dominant company has been able to impose them. Less than optimal de facto standards tend to persist because of the high cost of changing to other standards.
Definition (2)
Source
Henk de Vries, 1999. Standards for the Nation: Analysis of National Standardization Organizations. Kluver Academic Publishers, 1999.
Description
Dissuaded term. See Consortium Standard

Identification
Name	De Facto Standard
Definition (1)
Source	http://www.linfo.org/de_facto_standard.html
Description	A standard that has become a standard because it is widely used rather than because it was officially approved by some standards organization or government. De facto standards are not necessarily the best standards. Rather, they typically come into being because they are the first or because some dominant company has been able to impose them. Less than optimal de facto standards tend to persist because of the high cost of changing to other standards.
Definition (2)
Source	Henk de Vries, 1999. Standards for the Nation: Analysis of National Standardization Organizations. Kluver Academic Publishers, 1999.
Description	Dissuaded term. See Consortium Standard

See also:

Standard
Consortium Standard
Standardisation