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Netherlands Parliament Makes Open Standards Mandatory

posted by janrinok on Thursday October 13 2016, @11:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-as-I-say,-not-as-I-do dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The use of open standards will be made mandatory for public administrations. A law proposal by MP Astrid Oosenbrug was adopted by the Parliament's lower house yesterday. According to the MP, the open standards requirement will be one of several changes to the country's administrative law, introduced next year. "The minister has earlier agreed to make open standards mandatory", she said. "The parliament is making sure this actually happens."

The first public administration that should improve its use of open standards, is the Parliament's lower house itself, MP Oosenbrug said. "Ironically, lower house published the adopted law on its website by providing a download link to a document in a proprietary format."

A sensible move from a sensible people.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Gaaark on Friday October 14 2016, @01:28AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Friday October 14 2016, @01:28AM (#414136) Journal

    ~Tilting at windmills~

    Watch out for those windmills they have there! :)

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