...problems in the emerging Semantic Web both at the ontology level and at the data level. In this work we showcase how the problems that arise from context-dependant representation of...
...sign that the vendor cares little for offering interoperability and choice to its customers. The open source community equates such vendor stubbornness with damage, and much like the Internet, we...
...think that Microsoft will play ball with Apache. David also reiterates his contention that, where a consortium has more than one track (e.g., RAND as well as royalty free), it’s...
...are a matter of principle, while in the open standards community, licensing terms are matters of pure dollars and cents. If market forces lead towards royalty free GNU licensing, then...
..."contradictions" involving the Microsoft OOXML formats. I just posted this entry on that score, reporting that a total of nineteen national bodies have filed contradictions, complaints or other comments as...
...indication, the answer is “not likely,” despite the fact that Big Blue’s latest commitment to OpenOffice, on its surface, sounds like good news. The reason? It’s too little, and too late. Here’s why. ...
Communication is at the core of society, and a networked society needs to adopt standards to achieve effective communication. However, from a practical point of view, it is often hard...
If you've always been itching to launch a startup but just couldn't come up with a killer idea, well, your ship is about to come in. No, it won't be...
...coordinated action among competing buyers in an SSO. If a court did find royalty stacking to be a compelling business justification for restraining trade, the remaining legal question would be...
...imposing costs upon those companies attempting to offer goods and services. Dr. Cox and Ms. Sepetys note that because violations continue to be widespread, work remains to be done if...