open standard
noun[CorU]
ITukuscomputerhardwareorsoftwarethat does notbelongto aparticularcompany, but can be used by anyone:
LikeHTML,XMLis anopenstandard.
Examplesofopen standard
open standard
The specification meets the common definitions of anopenstandard, meaning the specification is freely available and implementable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Immunity from vendor capture makes it possible to improve upon, trust, and extend anopenstandardover time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The most common file format is. epub, used in many e-book formats, which is a free andopenstandardavailable in many publishing programs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The inability of users to export their social graph in anopenstandardformat contributes to vendor lock-in and contravenes the principles of data portability.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The documentation for anopenstandardis open to the public and anyone can create a software that implements and uses the standard.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anopenstandardis publicly available, and developed, approved and maintained via a collaborative and consensus driven process.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A key defining property is that anopenstandardis immune to vendor capture at all stages in its life-cycle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Proponents describe it as anopenstandard, but companies may only use it under a non-disclosure agreement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In practice the brands have not adhered to thisopenstandardand have introduced proprietary features that make their product offerings non-interoperable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It offers precise control over form layout, permitting replacement of existing business/government forms with electronic documents in a human-readable,openstandard.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.