Standards

Standards

1. are an agreed way of doing things. Standards make it easier for people to build programs and software that work on different systems in different countries.

2. kind of standars

   • de facto
     • are those which have been accepted as the best standard for their purpose. They have evolved to be accepted because of wide public support and market forces.
   • de jure
     • De jure standards are those which have been approved by formal authorities like the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
   • propietary
     • These are designed, created, maintained and controlled by a licence agreement which is owned by an organisation or individual, ie privately owned. Proprietary standards may be free to use, but the file specification is often closed rather than being open.
   • open
     • Open standards are usually controlled by a Creative Commons licence or they are unlicensed. They can be used by anyone and are not owned by a commercial organisation or individual.

3. HTML

   • This is a rapidly-evolving standard that is more capable of handling interactivity and data-intensive web applications within a web browser.

4. compability

   • Compatibility is an important issue if you are making a program. You have to understand what system your product is going to be compatible with

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