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  • Overview
  • Introduction
    • What are open standards?
    • Types of open standards for data
    • Using open standards for data
    • When not to create a new standard
  • Value and Open Standards
    • Getting started
    • Economic impacts
    • Technological impacts
    • Spotlight: evaluating the need for open standards
  • Adopting Open Standards
    • Finding open standards
    • Choosing an open standard
  • Creating Open Standards
    • About creating open standards
    • The standards lifecycle
    • First steps
    • Scoping and starting
    • Development
    • Building community
    • Launch and adoption
    • Spotlight: supporting adoption of the OpenActive standards
  • Stewarding Open Standards
    • About stewarding open standards
    • Review
    • Governance
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Update or Retire
  • Useful Tools
    • Ecosystem Mapping
    • Open Standards for Data Canvas
    • Outputs and Activities Checklist
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Overview

This section provides an overview of the ODI Open Standards Toolkit

NextWhat are open standards?

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Standards are documented, reusable agreements that solve a specific set of problems or meet clearly defined needs. Standards detail the language, concepts, rules, guidance or results that have been agreed, and are used when it’s important to be consistent, share data, repeat or automate processes, make comparisons, or reach a shared understanding.

Standards are used in industries and sectors across the world to document agreements on physical items, ideas, digital products, processes, and more. However, it is difficult to know what the right standards to adopt and use might be, and when and how to develop new standards.

To assist, the ODI has developed an Open Standards Toolkit. This toolkit is a curated pathway through the for organisations that do not have regulatory authority over a sector, but who nevertheless may find value in driving standards adoption or development.

The Open Standards Toolkit is structured as follows:

  • - a guide through open standards, their use, and when not to develop standards

  • - a guide through the initial steps in standards adoption or development, and their associated impacts

  • - a guide through how to find and choose the right open standards

  • - a guide through the development of open standards

  • - a guide through stewarding and maintaining open standards

  • - a guide through tools and resources to help you develop an open standard

ODI Standards Guidebook
Section one: Introduction
Section two: Value and open standards
Section three: Adopting open standards
Section four: Creating open standards
Section five: Stewarding open standards
Section six: Useful resources