Title
Open Documents and Democracy – A Political Basis for Open Document Standards
Author
Laura Denardis, and Eric Tam
Date
12/03/2007
(Original Publish Date: 11/1/2007)
(Original Publish Date: 11/1/2007)
Abstract
In both theory and application, document standards have political implications for democratic governments.Free and open access to many types of government documents is crucial for democratic government, either because ensuring dependable, equal, and free access constitutes a condition of democracy, or because the provision or recordation of certain documents constitute core public duties.