[Commons-Law] Fwd: Draft policy on Open standards for e-Gov in India -Open for Public review

[Prashant Iyengar]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:  <vinay at itforchange.net>
Date: 2008/9/3
Subject: Draft policy on Open standards for e-Gov in India -Open for
Public  review
To: Prashant Iyengar <prashantiyengar at gmail.com>, sunil at mahiti.org,
Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at gmail.com>, Pranesh Prakash
<the.solipsist at gmail.com>


Hi All,

The government has released a draft version of a Policy on Open standards
for e-Governance. It is presently open for Public review.

Please find the policy at the link below-
http://egovstandards.gov.in/Policy_Open_Std_review

The policy seems to have some really good points like-
5.1) Mandatory Characteristics:
5.1.1)Selected Standard should be Royalty Free for life time of the standard.
5.1.2)Selected Standard should be developed in a collaborative and consensus
manner and not led by a single agency or a small closed group of interested
parties
5.1.3)Selected Standard should be recursively open; They shall not use
unpublished extensions

However we really do need to look at it with greater detail and discuss
the same.

I have also attached the policy with this email.

Thanks,
Vinay
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