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@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ Telecommunication technology cannot exist without standards. This is also quite Therefore "openness" shall mean that the external communication channels, of all sort, must use standards, which (or the many possible) standard(s) remaining yet to be assessed. -All signs point in the direction that standards involved in a public institution shall be '''open'''<ref>For a very large collection of reference in this regard [http://www.opengovstandards.org/ Opengovstandards.org] is probably the best source. Quoting from it "Transparency means that information about the activities of public bodies is created and is available to the public, with limited exceptions, in a timely manner, in open data formats and without restrictions on reuse. Transparency mechanisms must include the disclosure of information in response to requests from the public and proactive publication by public bodies. Key information about private bodies should be available either directly or via public bodies." -</ref> Quite in the same direction goes the seminal work of De Nardis and Tam <ref>DeNardis, Dr. Laura and Tam, Eric, Open Documents and Democracy: A Political Basis for Open Document Standards (November 1, 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1028073 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1028073</ref> from which a citation is indeed appropriate: +All signs point in the direction that standards involved in a public institution shall be '''open'''<ref>For a very large collection of reference in this regard [http://www.opengovstandards.org/ Opengovstandards.org] is probably the best source. Quoting from it "Transparency means that information about the activities of public bodies is created and is available to the public, with limited exceptions, in a timely manner, in open data formats and without restrictions on reuse. Transparency mechanisms must include the disclosure of information in response to requests from the public and proactive publication by public bodies. Key information about private bodies should be available either directly or via public bodies."</ref>. Quite in the same direction goes the seminal work of De Nardis and Tam <ref>DeNardis, Dr. Laura and Tam, Eric, Open Documents and Democracy: A Political Basis for Open Document Standards (November 1, 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1028073 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1028073</ref> from which a citation is indeed appropriate: <blockquote>With regard to standards that directly affect conditions relevant to democracy, the most prominent examples consist of standards that affect citizens' access to information concerning government decisions as well as standards concerning government records. The importance of accountability renders openness of implementation and use similarly important in this context. |