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Openness of Standards
The ProSTEP Association together with PDES, Inc. and further organizations associated by the International Industry STEP Center (ECOM, USPI-NL, EMSA, ...) prepared a definition for open standards.
In order to be considered as open, a standard has to fulfil the follwoing criteria.
In order to be considered as open, a standard has to fulfil the follwoing criteria.
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The open standard (including the data model) is described according to widely available, non-proprietary practices (e.g., object modeling methods using UML or EXPRESS) and includes defined semantics. |
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Format and services implementing the data are explicitly described (e.g., STEP Part 21 or XML, PLM services, binary/text formats, etc.) and documentation of the format and services is readily available. |
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Use of the standardized data and documentation is freely available (e.g., processing of the data is not “controlled” by patents on algorithms). |
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The updating process of the associated components is described and well-accepted by the community of involved parties (e.g., STEP ISO ballot procedures, OMG and W3C consortium procedures). |
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All organizations are able to participate in the ballot process. |
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Responsibility for maintaining the standard is clearly defined and held by a responsive organization. |
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The open standard (including the data model) and its documentation are not restricted by royalties, patents, or other IP restrictions, are publicly available*, and, if copyrighted, are available at reasonable cost. |
