Moving towards open standards
Fitzgerald, Anne M. & Pappalardo, Kylie M. (2009) Moving towards open standards. SCRIPTed, 6(2), pp. 467-483.
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Abstract
Standards are designed to promote the interoperability of products and systems by enabling different parties to develop technologies that can be used together. There is
an increasing expectation in many technical communities, including open source communities, that standards will be ‘open’. However, standards are subject to legal rights which impact upon, not only their development, but also their implementation. Of central importance are intellectual property rights: technical standards may
incorporate patented technologies, while the specification documents of standards are protected by copyright. This article provides an overview of the processes by which
standards are developed and considers the concept of ‘interoperability’, the meaning of the term ‘open standard’ and how open standards contribute to interoperability. It
explains how intellectual property rights operate in relation to standards and how they can be managed to create standards that are open, not only during their development, but also in implementation.
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| ID Code: | 30118 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | open standards, copyright , interoperability, technology , intellectual property |
| ISSN: | 1744-2567 |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Law Past > Institutes > Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation |
| Copyright Owner: | Professor Anne Fitzgerald and Kylie Pappalardo |
| Copyright Statement: | © Anne Fitzgerald and Kylie Pappalardo 2009. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 Licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/au/ |
| Deposited On: | 01 Feb 2010 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2012 20:57 |
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