Editing Open standard (section)

==== European Interoperability Framework for Pan-European eGovernment Services ====
The [[European Union]] defined the term for use within its European Interoperability Framework for Pan-European eGovernment Services, Version 1.0<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/servlets/Docd552.pdf?id=19529 European Interoperability Framework for pan-European eGovernment Services], Version 1.0 (2004) {{ISBN|92-894-8389-X}} page 9</ref> although it does not claim to be a universal definition for all [[European Union]] use and documentation.

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To reach interoperability in the context of pan-European eGovernment services, guidance needs to focus on open standards.
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The word "open" is here meant in the sense of fulfilling the following requirements:
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* The standard is adopted and will be maintained by a not-for-profit organization, and its ongoing development occurs on the basis of an open decision-making procedure available to all interested parties (consensus or majority decision etc.).
* The standard has been published and the standard specification document is available either freely or at a nominal charge. It must be permissible to all to copy, distribute and use it for no fee or at a nominal fee.
* The intellectual property – i.e. patents possibly present – of (parts of) the standard is made irrevocably available on a [[royalty-free]] basis.
* There are no constraints on the re-use of the standard<ref>{{citation |url=http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/servlets/Docd552.pdf?id=19529 |format=PDF |title=European Interoperability Framework for pan-European eGovernment Services |author=European Communities |year=2004 |access-date=2016-02-09}}</ref>
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