Addressing The Limitations Of Open Standards

Addressing The Limitations Of Open Standards Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK Email [email_address] UKOLN is supported by: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/mw-2007/talk-standards/ Co-Authors Marieke Guy, UKOLN Alastair Dunning, AHDS This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Resources bookmarked using ‘ mw-standards-2007 ' tag

Contents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

About Me, About UKOLN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Introduction

Open Standards Are Great … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards

… But Don't Always Work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What Is An Open Standard? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Standards ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Note these characteristics do not apply equally to all standards bodies e.g. costs of BSI standards; W3C membership requirements; …

Compliance Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],There is a need to clarify the meaning of must and for an understandable, realistic and reasonable compliance regime Compliance JISC 5/99 programme ~80% of project home pages were not HTML compliant

The Context ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Contextual Issues An open standards culture is being developed, which is supportive of use of open standards, but which recognises the complexities and can avoid mistakes made in the past

The Layered Standards Model JISC JISC / project 3 rd Parties Owner External Self assessment Penalties Learning Context: Compliance JISC's layered standards model, developed by UKOLN. Note that one size doesn't always fit all Quality Assurance External factors: institutional, cultural, legal, … Annotated Standards Catalogue Purpose Governance Maturity Risks … Prog. n Funding Research Sector … Context: Policies

Implementation ,[object Object],Contextual Model Programme XX Call / Contract Committees Advisers Programme Team Proposals must comply with XYZ standard Proposals should seek to comply with XYZ Proposals should describe approach to XYZ Projects audited to ensure compliance with … Projects should develop self-assessment QA procedures and submit findings to JISC Projects should submit proposed approach for approval/information Development Programme JISC Manager Report Contract Report must be in MS Word / … and use JISC template …

The Standards Catalogue ,[object Object],Note recent feedback has identified the need for heading on usage in other programmes (i.e. political acceptance) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Example Note that as the standards catalogue is intended for wide use the contents will need to be fairly general

Standards Catalogue Process ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Review Standards Feedback Policies Context Compliance Support Infrastructure QA Framework User Experiences Funder's Experiences … Standards E-Framework

Sustainability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sustainability

Lessons From NOF-digi TAS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sustainability

Support Infrastructure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Support

Support Infrastructure (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Support ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Support Model ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Similar Approaches Elsewhere ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Support

Parallels With Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0

Example: Syndicating Content ,[object Object],QA Focus resources are embedded in University of Waterloo Web site. Resources are also being ported to a Wiki to support ongoing maintenance by Web Standards community.

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Conclusions

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