Demystifying Open Standards
summary
OASIS is a standards development organization since 1993 with ~2,000 members and ~60 active projects; it turns working code into ratified specs (AMQP, STIX, ODF, MQTT) and runs an open projects initiative (2019) to onboard code-first efforts. Governance templates, seven recommended licenses and an optional non-assertion covenant reduce IP risk, formal ballots and public defect channels prove procedure, and parallel open-source repos (e.g., Paho + MQTT TC) feed requirements back into specs so implementations actually interoperate.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:09What are open standards
- 3:16Open standards criteria explained
- 7:49Value of standards vs open source
- 9:59Standards solving common problems
- 11:44Synergy between standards and open source
- 15:20Role of foundations like OASIS
- 17:31Neutrality and fairness in standards
- 19:58Benefits of experienced foundations
- 22:25OASIS Open Projects initiative
- 26:45Current open projects overview
- 28:13Q&A session
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