[OpenISO] competing standards (was Re: an interesting article...)

[Norbert Bollow]

Lachlan Patrick <loki at research.canon.com.au> wrote:

> We want a single standard for a single purpose.  Word processing?
> One standard please (e.g. OpenOffice). Vector graphics? One standard
> please (e.g. SVG). There are some cases like bitmapped graphics
> where having a lossy standard (e.g. JPEG) and a lossless standard
> (e.g. PNG) would be of use, however, because they serve slightly
> different purposes.

What policies should OpenISO.org adopt regarding competing standards?

We need to be able to endorse alternatives to existing standards with
shortcomings (such as e.g. IPv4's shortage of IP numbers), while at
the same strongly discouraging OOXML-style "standards" proliferation.

Greetings,
Norbert.


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