Importance of open standards
May 18, 2008 – 4:53 pmThe UN’s Commission on Science and Technology for Development will be looking at the progress on goals later this month set forth by the World Summit on the Information Society, WSIS, which was held in 2003 and 2004. The goal of the WSIS is to outline ways to promote an information society that will be accessible to all people.
Intellectual Property Watch has a piece up about the opportunities that the commission’s meeting will hold for companies and governments relating to IP.
The Importance of open standards was brought up one of the sessions that were held in the lead up to meeting of the UN’s commission. Delegates highlighted the use of free and open source methodologies as a way to accomplish the goals set forth by the WSIS.
