採用開放標準
Open standards guarantee access to the knowledge required to use and contribute to the codebase. They enable interoperability between systems and reduce the risk of vendor lock-in. Open standards which are unambiguous allow for independent development of either side of data exchange.
需求規範
- For features of the codebase that facilitate the exchange of data the codebase MUST use an open standard that meets the Open Source Initiative Open Standard Requirements.
- Any non-open standards used MUST be recorded clearly as such in the documentation.
- Any standard chosen for use within the codebase MUST be listed in the documentation with a link to where it is available.
- Any non-open standards chosen for use within the codebase MUST NOT hinder collaboration and reuse.
- If no existing open standard is available, effort SHOULD be put into developing one.
- Open standards that are machine testable SHOULD be preferred over open standards that are not.
- Non-open standards that are machine testable SHOULD be preferred over non-open standards that are not.
測試方式
- 確認資料交換遵守 OSI 開放原始碼促進會批准的開放標準。
- 確認若有採用任何的非開放標準，皆有清楚記錄在文件中。
- 確認文件有清單列出代碼庫所採用的標準，其中各標準有對應的有效連結；或沒有採用任何標準時，則留下聲明。
Public policy makers: what you need to do
- 以政策要求盡可能在任何情況下使用開放標準。
- 禁止採購不採用開放標準的技術科技。
Managers: what you need to do
- Consider including open standard compliance assessment in source code reviews.