![]() Open standards do not necessarily have to be open source (e.g. In contrast, open source is fundamentally different in that it is a type of software license that allows for the free modification and redistribution of software under certain conditions. Open standards are agreed upon standards in a given industry, usually defined by a foundation of stakeholders (that also often acts as a regulatory body for the standard) and that are then shared – the “open” part – so they can be used by all. So, what exactly are open standards? Put simply, they’re the reason you can open a PDF document on different computers, using different reader software they’re the reason Wi-Fi works the same regardless of hardware, platform, and location and they’re the reason HTML works the same for every browser. ![]() ![]() At Autodesk, we’re helping to guide open standards in the industries we serve, from media and entertainment, to design visualization and beyond. ![]() But the recent momentum that open standards has gained is just as important and is having a huge impact on the tech world. By now, the concept of open source is probably familiar to most people, especially in the software industry.
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