31 March – 03 April 2009, Matabungkay Beach Resort & Hotel, Lian, Batangas

OPEN STANDARD John J. Macasio

Technology Officer, StepDeskPhil

PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES

• To describe the core principles and characteristics on open standard,

• To identify the business ready applications that implement open standard.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• "Open Standards" facilitate interoperability and data exchange among different products or services and are intended for widespread adoption.

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

PRINCIPLES & CHARACTERISTICS

• AVAILABILITY• MAXIMIZE END-

USER CHOICE• NO ROYALTY• NO DISCRIMINATION• EXTENSION OR

SUBSET• PREDATORY

PRACTICES• -BrucePerens

1. Open Meeting 2. Consensus 3. Due Process 4. Open IPR 5. One World 6. Open Change 7. Open Documents 8. Open Interface 9. Open Use 10.On-going Support

-Ken Krechmer

APPLICATIONS

e-Citizen

Card

Authoring&

Publishing

Communication&

Collaboration

Digital Safety&

Security

e-ServicesSystems

Word ProcessingCalculation WorksheetMultimedia PresentationVideo ProductionImage ProcessingDesktop & Web Publishing

Internet BrowsingE-Mail & MessagingWebCastingNet Telephony

Anti-Virus & SpamBack-up UtilitiesEncryption

e-Commercee-LearningApplication & Databases

OPEN STANDARD ACTUALIZATION

LICENSING SCHEMES

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTES

DATA & FILE TYPES

PROTOCOL REFERENCES

SECURITY REFERENCES

PRODUCTS

e-Citizen

Card

Authoring&

Publishing

Communication&

Collaboration

Digital Safety&

Security

e-ServicesSystems

OoO WRITEOoO CALCOoO IMPRESAVIDEMUX, WINKSGIMP, INKSCAPESCRIBUS, KOMPOZER

FIREFOX, CHROMETHUNDERBIRDe-PRESENCETRIXBOX

CLAM AV, WINPOOHCOBIAN, 7ZIPAXCRYPT

ZEN CARTA-TUTOR, MOODLEPHP, AJAX, MYSQL

OPEN STANDARDSAMPLES

GPL, CC, Public Domain

Linux, Windows, Macintosh

I/O Interfaces, Procedures

doc, odf, png, avi, html

TCP/IP, POP3

Encrytion

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Ubuntu Desktop Linux

PCLinuxOS Desktop

DIGITAL SAFETY & SECURITY

SmoothWall Firewall

DansGuardian Content Filtering

ShibbolethWeb Single Sign-On

Purgos Computer Management

DIGITAL SAFETY & SECURITY

ClamWin Antivirus

WinPooch Anti-Malware

AUTHORING & PUBLISHING

OpenOfficeScribus Desktop Publishing NVU/Kompozer

Web Authoring

GIMP Image Editor Avidemux Video Editor Audacity Audio Editor

COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

Firefox BrowserThunderbird eMail Client

PhpBB Bulletin BoardWordPress Weblog

DekiWiki

E-LEARNING SERVICES

MOODLE LMSATUTOR LCMS

End of Presentation

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