26.01.06
¿Qué son Estándares Abiertos?
Bob Sutor escribió un excelente artículo en el que caracteriza lo que debieran ofrecer los estándares abiertos. Creo que es un muy buen punto de partida para una definición, que es algo que puede ser útil. Existen definiciones claras para Open Source y Software Libre, y acabo de ver que Bruce Perens tiene su propia definición de Open Standard (versión draft). Parece ir por buen camino, claro que falta encontrar alguna forma de presentar esa definición a través de algún actor relevante que le agregue autoridad. Lo ideal sería que no fuera una organización creada exclusivamente para eso, ya que toma bastante tiempo generar la reputación y credibilidad necesaria, si es que se logra.
Hombros de Gigantes (Shoulders of Giants) » FLOSS, Open Standards, Open Services and Open Infrastructure said,
October 25, 2006 at 3:10 pm
[...] The differences of FLOSS, Open Standards and Open Services and Open Infrastructure are very interesting, since each of these has its particularities. You would not want to make an open standard free for everyone to change on their own will as many times as they want, since one of the value of standars is that software that implements it can interoperate, so it should be chasing a moving target. On the other hand, anyone should be able to participate in the definition of a standard, but without having the design by committee effect of creating a bloated and far from ideal result by including everyone’s opinion. Bob Sutor has given it a thought, as has Bruce Perens who even has come up with a proposed definition of the open standards concept on which I have commented previously in spanish. [...]