==External links==* Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Open ePolicy Group, Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems* Open U.S. Standards Development for Telecommunications* Bruce Perens: Open Standards: Principles and Practice* Ken Krechmer: The Principles of Open Standards* Bob Sutor: Open Standards vs. Open Source: How to think about software, standards, and Service Oriented Architecture at the beginning of the 21st century* European Commission: Valoris report on Open Document Formats* "The New York Times": Steve Lohr: 'Plan by 13 Nations Urges Open Technology Standards'* UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network: Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards Primer* OpenStandards.net: An Open Standards Portal* Is OpenDocument an Open Standard?
=== definicija španske vlade ===Zakon sprejet v španskem parlamentu zahteva, da so vse elektronske storitve španske javne uprave na osnovi odprtega standarda.