Presented by Faith HarrisonJennifer Yarrow

OverviewSDO and SSO

Brief history and description

W3C Members

Open Standard /W3C Requirements

An Industry problem

Group activity

Wrap up

Standards Developing Organizations/ Standards Setting Organizations

Standards Developing Organization American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Sole U.S. representative for ISO Accredited more the 270 private and public

standard developers.NISO

Accredited developer by the ANSIStandards Setting Organizations

W3C (formal)OASISITEF

History Tim Berners-LeeFounded in October 1994Headquarters:

MIT/CSAIL – USAERCIM – FranceKeio University – JapanMany others

What do they do?International consortium, keep full time

staffing and work on development projects with their member organizations.SpecificationsGuidelines Software Tools

Ensure compatibility and agreement among industry members in the adoption of new standards.

Member OrganizationsIntroduce new ideas:

W3C workshops Resource Description Framework (10/25-10/26/07)

Incubator activities Common Web Language (Ended 10/15/07)

Member SubmissionsCurrent members:

IBMHPNokiaChevron

Process of an activity

Dardailler, Daniel. Web Open Standards. Mary 14, 2007. http://www.w3.org/2007/05/dd-saopen.html

What are open standards?Publicly available

Various rights associated with itRestricted with royalty-freeTechnologies approved by formalized

committees

PatentsReasonable and non-discriminatory licensing

(RAND)

Requirements for W3C Open Standards

Transparency Relevance Openness Impartiality and consensusAvailabilityMaintenance

Industry ProblemsPatents

Trade-offs (best technology or unencumbered) Undiscovered claims

Unexpected royalty fees Complex licensing requirements Litigation

“Submarine patents” JPEG standard

Examples of W3C standardsCSSCGIDOMHTMLRDFSVGWSDLXACMLXHTMLXML

XML EventsXformsSOAPSRGSSSMLVoiceXMLXML Information SetXML SchemaXqueryXSLT

Wrap upSDO/SSO

History/description of W3C

Current members and their benefits

Standards

Patents

Q & A