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A Simplified Guide to MIME A Simplified Guide to MIME
A Simplified Guide to MIME- Features of MIME that are considered essential for modern email usage. ...
OpenStandards.net OpenStandards.net
OpenStandards.net- A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth. ...
Open Design Alliance Open Design Alliance
Open Design Alliance- An association of CAD customers and vendors committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of CAD data. History, members, FAQs, and published papers. ...
Why There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages Why There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages
Why There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages- Advocates against the use of image formats that are protected by patents. Presents a brief history of the GIF format as well as its open alternatives. ...
We Can Put an End to Word Attachments We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
We Can Put an End to Word Attachments- Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange. ...
MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format
MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format- Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments. ...
No Proprietary Binary Data Formats No Proprietary Binary Data Formats
No Proprietary Binary Data Formats- Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives. ...
Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word
Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word- Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange. ...
Business Case for Open Standards Business Case for Open Standards
Business Case for Open Standards- Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards. ...
Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards- Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies. ...
W3C Patent Policy W3C Patent Policy
W3C Patent Policy- Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) ...
Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful
Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful- Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives. ...
Why Not Word! Why Not Word!
Why Not Word!- Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate. ...
Open Standards Open Standards
Open Standards- What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet. ...
The Principles of Open Standards The Principles of Open Standards
The Principles of Open Standards- Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats. ...
Open Data Format Initiative Open Data Format Initiative
Open Data Format Initiative- Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. Presents its manifesto, forum, ...
Burn All GIFs Burn All GIFs
Burn All GIFs- Campaign for replacing the (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents. ...
Content Management and Edit Data Exchange Content Management and Edit Data Exchange
Content Management and Edit Data Exchange- Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content. ...
Software versus Protocol (or file format) Standards Software versus Protocol (or file format) Standards
Software versus Protocol (or file format) Standards- Essay by Erik Fair explaining how open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies. ...
Document Freedom Day Document Freedom Day
Document Freedom Day- Aims to educate the public about the importance of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general. Coordinates activities that happen on last Wednesday of March, celebrated as the Document Free ...
Open Municipal Geodata (OMG) Standard Open Municipal Geodata (OMG) Standard
Open Municipal Geodata (OMG) Standard- Seeks to promote the free flow of information between government agencies and citizens by establishing a common set of technical standards for organizing and sharing public data. ...
Web Style Sheets Web Style Sheets
Web Style Sheets- W3C's authoritative overview of style sheets for the web. ...
CSS and XSL: which should I use? CSS and XSL: which should I use?
CSS and XSL: which should I use?- Brief article from W3C with a diagram of the markup-to-presentation process for HTML and XML documents. ...
JSSS: JavaScript-Based Style Sheets JSSS: JavaScript-Based Style Sheets
JSSS: JavaScript-Based Style Sheets- Overview of Netscape's proposed JavaScript based style system. Historical. ...
Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) home page Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) home page
Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) home page- The HDF project involves the development and support of software and file formats for scientific data management. ...
RPM.org RPM.org
RPM.org- Documentation, downloads, development information, and other resources. ...
Fresh RPMS Fresh RPMS
Fresh RPMS- A repository of custom-built packages for some of the latest popular software, many of which are not included in the main Red Hat distributions. ...
RPM PBone Search RPM PBone Search
RPM PBone Search- RPM's for various distributions. Offers search in RPMs content and search of ftp servers. Also information about new RPMs. ...
The Search Engine for Linux rpm Packages The Search Engine for Linux rpm Packages
The Search Engine for Linux rpm Packages- Packages arranged in categories with a searchable database. ...
RPM HOWTO RPM HOWTO
RPM HOWTO- Information on building and using packages with RPM v3.0.x. ...
RedHat RPM ListServ RedHat RPM ListServ
RedHat RPM ListServ- A listserv where users can get tech support and learn about the latest RPM developments. ...
Packaging software with RPM, Part 2 Packaging software with RPM, Part 2
Packaging software with RPM, Part 2- Introduces patches and root-less RPM creation. ...
Packaging software with RPM, Part 1 Packaging software with RPM, Part 1
Packaging software with RPM, Part 1- An introduction to creating RPM packages. ...
Maximum RPM Maximum RPM
Maximum RPM- An online book about using and creating packages. ...
Format of tar Archives Format of tar Archives
Format of tar Archives- Description of the tar format. ...
GNU tar GNU tar
GNU tar- Software to create tar archives. Introduction, download, and manual. [GNU GPL] ...
Wikipedia: Tar (file format) Wikipedia: Tar (file format)
Wikipedia: Tar (file format)- Encyclopedia article about the archive file format. ...
Web Data Commons Web Data Commons
Web Data Commons- The project extracts structured data from the Common Crawl and provides it for public download. ...
Common Crawl data set Common Crawl data set
Common Crawl data set- Description of the data set. ...
Github: example-warc-java Github: example-warc-java
Github: example-warc-java- Java and Clojure examples for processing Common Crawl WARC files. ...
Github: webarchive-commons Github: webarchive-commons
Github: webarchive-commons- Common web archive utility code. ...
WARC, Web ARChive file format WARC, Web ARChive file format
WARC, Web ARChive file format- Format description, ISO 28500:2009. Used by archival institutions to store content harvested by web crawls, for example via use of the Heritrix harvesting tool. ...
XML Prague XML Prague
XML Prague- An annual conference on XML for developers, markup geeks, information managers, and students. ...
The Comma Separated Value (CSV) File Format The Comma Separated Value (CSV) File Format
The Comma Separated Value (CSV) File Format- Used first in MS Excel, CSV has become a pseudo standard export throughout the industry. Overview, description, examples. CSV and Unicode. CSV to XML converter. ...
Xbase File Format Description Xbase File Format Description
Xbase File Format Description- Describes various Xbase file formats, including the data files and the index files. By Erik Bachmann. ...
CTX - Creativyst Table eXchange Format CTX - Creativyst Table eXchange Format
CTX - Creativyst Table eXchange Format- A low-overhead alternative for exchanging tabular data. Overview, philosophy and goals, structure conventions and examples. ...
MySQL by Marcelo Altmann MySQL by Marcelo Altmann
MySQL by Marcelo Altmann- Tips and tricks about MySQL database. ...
Wikipedia: Office Open XML Wikipedia: Office Open XML
Wikipedia: Office Open XML- Encylopedia article about the forum, including background, standardization efforts, and controversies. ...
Standard ECMA-376: Office Open XML File Formats Standard ECMA-376: Office Open XML File Formats
Standard ECMA-376: Office Open XML File Formats- Official text of the OOXML file format as accepted by the Ecma International standards body. ...
NoOOXML NoOOXML
NoOOXML- Aims to stop the adoption of OOXML because it is based on a proprietary document format and depends on software patents. ...

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