Open specifications
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An open specification is a specification created and controlled, in an open process, by an association or a standardization body intending to achieve interoperability and interchangeability. An open specification is not controlled by a single company or individual or by a group with discriminatory membership criteria. Copies of Open Specifications are available free of charge or for a moderate fee and can be implemented under reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing (RAND) terms by all interested parties.
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Specifications should not be confused with standards.
Many standards and specification are touted as open while falling short in practice. Many formal bodies charge per-copy fees for the document in order to defer the operating costs of the working group. This is rarely seen[by whom?] as negating the open status of the product, although free electronic distribution is usually seen as preferable.
Advantages
- As there is no restriction among traders which have specific trademark, any traders can apply material satisfying open specifications, hence it creates competition among manufacturers and suppliers.
- Progress of work does not suffer due to short supply of materials.
- Similar kind of material can be procured at competitive rate.
- Reduction of transportation chargers and delivery time.
- Quality of material standardised which results in private parties select materials depending on its quality.
References
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