Presentation on open standard principles and software

1. OPEN STANDARD
John J. Macasio
Technology Officer, StepDeskPhil
31 March – 03 April 2009, Matabungkay Beach Resort & Hotel, Lian, Batangas

2. PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES
• To describe the core principles and
characteristics on open standard,
• To identify the business ready
applications that implement open
standard.

3. THE CHALLENGE
• Open Source for Education (0S4ED) is
not just about no-cost technology.
• …It builds the capability to live-out the
principles of open standard in the
acquisition, development, distribution,
and utilization of software and content
in the community of digital technology
users, developers, mentors, social
marketers, and integrators.

4. THE CHALLENGE
• Open Source for Education (0S4ED) is
not just about no-cost technology.
• …It calls for competencies that allow
work, creativity, participation, and
learning to happen at any kind of
technology operating platforms,
functions branding, data file types,
product attributions, and pricing
schemes.

5. THE CHALLENGE
• Open Source for Education (0S4ED) is
not just about no-cost technology.
• …It enables digital inclusion that
concretizes information for all,
education for all, e-citizenship for all,
and productivity for all through the
integrative use of information and
communications technology for
development.

6. THE CHALLENGE
• Open Source for Education (0S4ED) is
not just about no-cost technology.
• …It promotes 21st Century Literacy in
Digital Age by using and improving the
business ready software and web
services that the open source
communities are sharing globally.

7. OPEN STANDARD: DESCRIPTION
• Open Standards are standards made
available to the general public and are
developed (or approved) and
maintained via a collaborative and
consensus driven process.
• quot;Open Standardsquot; facilitate
interoperability and data exchange
among different products or services
and are intended for widespread
adoption.

8. OPEN STANDARD: ISSUES
• Competency Building:
– Interoperatibility Requirements versus
– Commercial Vendor Specifications
• Technology Development and Use:
– Dependency and Exclusivity versus
– Choice and Sharing
• Technology Acquisition and Support:
– Lock-In versus
– Open-Option

9. PRINCIPLES & CHARACTERISTICS
• AVAILABILITY
1. Open Meeting
• MAXIMIZE END-USER
2. Consensus
CHOICE
3. Due Process
• NO ROYALTY
4. Open IPR
• NO DISCRIMINATION
5. One World
• EXTENSION OR SUBSET
6. Open Change
• PREDATORY PRACTICES
7. Open Documents
• -BrucePerens
8. Open Interface
9. Open Use
• On-going Support
-Ken Krechmer

10. APPLICATIONS
Word Processing
OPEN STANDARD
Calculation Worksheet Authoring
ACTUALIZATION
Multimedia Presentation &
Video Production Publishing
Image Processing
LICENSING SCHEMES
Desktop & Web Publishing
Communication
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
&
Internet Browsing
Collaboration
E-Mail & Messaging
FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTES
WebCasting
e-Citizen
Net Telephony
Card
DATA & FILE TYPES
Digital Safety
&
Anti-Virus & Spam
PROTOCOL REFERENCES
Security
Back-up Utilities
Encryption
SECURITY REFERENCES
e-Services
e-Commerce
Systems
e-Learning
Application & Databases

11. PRODUCTS
OoO WRITE OPEN STANDARD
OoO CALC SAMPLES
Authoring
OoO IMPRES &
AVIDEMUX, WINKS Publishing
GPL, CC, Public Domain
GIMP, INKSCAPE
SCRIBUS, KOMPOZER
Communication Linux, Windows, Macintosh
&
FIREFOX, CHROME
Collaboration
THUNDERBIRD I/O Interfaces, Procedures
e-PRESENCE
e-Citizen
doc, odf, png, avi, html
TRIXBOX
Card
Digital Safety
TCP/IP, POP3
&
CLAM AV, WINPOOH
Security
COBIAN, 7ZIP
Encrytion
AXCRYPT
e-Services
ZEN CART
Systems
A-TUTOR, MOODLE
PHP, AJAX, MYSQL

12. OPERATING SYSTEMS
Ub untu De s ktop Linux
P C LinuxOS De s ktop

13. DIGITAL SAFETY & SECURITY
S m ooth Wa ll F ire wa ll
S h ib b ole th
We b S ing le S ig n-On
P urg os C om pute r Ma na g e m e nt
Da ns G ua rdia n
C onte nt F ilte ring

14. DIGITAL SAFETY & SECURITY
ClamWin Antivirus
WinPooch Anti-Malware

15. AUTHORING & PUBLISHING
Ope nOffic e
S c rib us De s ktop P ub lis h ing NVU/Kom poz e r
We b Auth oring
Avide m ux Vide o E ditor
G IMP Im a g e E ditor Auda c ity Audio E ditor

16. COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION
F ire fox B rows e r
Th unde rb ird e Ma il C lie nt
De kiWiki
P h pB B B ulle tin B oa rd
WordP re s s We b log

17. E-LEARNING SERVICES
MOODLE LMS
ATUTOR LC MS

18. End of Presentation
johnmacasio@onecitizen.net
www.onecitizen.net