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==Examples of open formats== {{See main|List of open file formats}} Open formats (in the royalty-free and free access sense) include:<ref name="Free File Format Definition"/> * [[PNG]] β a [[Raster graphics|raster image]] format standardized by [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] * [[FLAC]] β [[Data compression|lossless audio]] [[codec]] * [[WebM]] β a video/audio container format * [[HTML]] β is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser. * [[gzip]] β for compression * [[CSS]] β style sheet format usually used with (X)HTML, standardized by [[W3C]] * [[PDF]]: an ISO-standardized file format for reliable document exchange across platforms; The following formats are open (royalty-free with a one-time fee on the standard): * [[Office Open XML]]: the ECMA version is downloadable for no charge, but the newer ISO versions require a fee; * [[OpenDocument]]: As adopted by the UK Government in 2012 to meet their open standards principles, for Government technology to remain open to everyone. * [[C (programming language)|C language]]: royalty-free, but ISO standard requires a fee (drafts available for no charge);
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