Open Standard

Identification
Name
Open Standard
Definition (1)
Source
Wikipedia
Description
"An open standard is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed (e.g. open process). There is no single definition and interpretations vary with usage."
Definition (2)
Source
Ken Krechner. "Open Standards Requirements". The International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research, Vol. 4 No. 1, January - June 2006.
Description
The term “open standard” may be seen from these three perspectives:

The recognized SSOs, as organizations representing the standards creators, considers a standard to be open if the creation of the standard follows the tenets of open meeting, consensus and due process.
An implementer of an existing standard would call the standard open when it serves the market they wish, it is without cost to them, does not preclude further innovation (by them), does not obsolete their prior implementations, and does not favor a competitor.
The user of an implementation of the standard would call a standard open when multiple implementations of the standard from different sources are available, when the implementation functions in all locations needed, when the implementation is supported over the user-planned service life, and when new implementations desired by the user are backward compatible to previously purchased implementations.

Open Standards Requirements:
This clarifies the very different views of the creators, implementers and users of standards on what is an open standard. Their combined, reasonable, but not simple, expectations translate into the ten requirements that enable open standards:

Open Meeting - all may participate in the standards development process.
Consensus - all interests are discussed and agreement found, no domination.
Due Process - balloting and an appeals process may be used to find resolution.
Open IPR - how holders of IPR related to the standard make available their IPR.
One World - same standard for the same capability, world-wide.
Open Change - all changes are presented and agreed in a forum supporting the five requirements above.
Open Documents - committee drafts and completed standards documents are easily available for implementation and use.
Open Interface - supports proprietary advantage (implementation); each interface is not hidden or controlled (implementation); each interface of the implementation supports migration (use).
Open Access - objective conformance mechanisms for implementation testing and user evaluation.
On-going Support - standards are supported until user interest ceases rather than when implementer interest declines.

Identification
Name	Open Standard
Definition (1)
Source	Wikipedia
Description	"An open standard is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed (e.g. open process). There is no single definition and interpretations vary with usage."
Definition (2)
Source	Ken Krechner. "Open Standards Requirements". The International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research, Vol. 4 No. 1, January - June 2006.
Description	The term “open standard” may be seen from these three perspectives: The recognized SSOs, as organizations representing the standards creators, considers a standard to be open if the creation of the standard follows the tenets of open meeting, consensus and due process. An implementer of an existing standard would call the standard open when it serves the market they wish, it is without cost to them, does not preclude further innovation (by them), does not obsolete their prior implementations, and does not favor a competitor. The user of an implementation of the standard would call a standard open when multiple implementations of the standard from different sources are available, when the implementation functions in all locations needed, when the implementation is supported over the user-planned service life, and when new implementations desired by the user are backward compatible to previously purchased implementations. Open Standards Requirements: This clarifies the very different views of the creators, implementers and users of standards on what is an open standard. Their combined, reasonable, but not simple, expectations translate into the ten requirements that enable open standards: Open Meeting - all may participate in the standards development process. Consensus - all interests are discussed and agreement found, no domination. Due Process - balloting and an appeals process may be used to find resolution. Open IPR - how holders of IPR related to the standard make available their IPR. One World - same standard for the same capability, world-wide. Open Change - all changes are presented and agreed in a forum supporting the five requirements above. Open Documents - committee drafts and completed standards documents are easily available for implementation and use. Open Interface - supports proprietary advantage (implementation); each interface is not hidden or controlled (implementation); each interface of the implementation supports migration (use). Open Access - objective conformance mechanisms for implementation testing and user evaluation. On-going Support - standards are supported until user interest ceases rather than when implementer interest declines.

See also:

Standard