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By the National Archives of Australia [1].
*What makes a format 'open'?*
Four principles:
- Based on open standards,
- Community developed,
- Multiple implementations and
- No licensing constraints.
But, that's not all:
"Standards on which formats are based should be developed by a community
rather than by a single vendor or interest group. For a format to be
truly open, multiple separate software implementations created by
different authors or organisations should exist. Duplication of
standards is bad, but duplication of implementations is necessary for
the health and longevity of a standard."
[1] - http://xena.sourceforge.net/faq.php
What is Xena, btw ?
Xena is free and open source software developed by the National Archives
of Australia to aid in the long term preservation of digital records.
Xena is an acronym meaning 'Xml Electronic Normalising for Archives'.
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