all aspects of the standard are transparent and documented, and both access to and use of the documentation is free)=== French law definition ===The French Parliament approved a definition of "open standard" in its "Law for Confidence in the Digital Economy.
Kakorkoli definicija ITU-T odprtega standarda ni nujno veljavna tudi za ITU-R, ISO in IEC, ker splošna skupna patentna politika ne omenja »odprtega standarda« ampak samo »standard«.