The following are selected links to organizations and web sites focused on 'open' IT architecture and standards, especially in the areas of 'open' government solutions:
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - The Institute oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of standards, norms, and guidelines that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector – including information technology.
Association for Open Group Enterprise Architects (AOGEA) - A professional association committed to advancing the enterprise architecture profession and professional excellence.
European Comittee for Standardization (CEN) - Provides a platform for the development of European Standards and other technical specifications.
Federal CIO & Council - Providing leadership, oversight and coordination of U.S. federal agencies IT investments, policies, best practices, and more.
Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) - Policies and guidance to help U.S. federal government agencies maximize the contribution of IT resources, investments, and activities to achieve performance goals.
Information Architecture Institute - A global organization supporting individuals and organizations specializing in Information Architecture.
International Standards Organization (ISO) - A network of national standards institutes from countries around the world.
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) - Their mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology.
OASIS Open Data (OData) - Advancing open standards for data sharing.
Object Management Group (OMG) - An international, 'open' computer industry consortium developing enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies. OMG’s modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language (UML) & Model Driven Architecture (MDA).
Open Group - Architecture & Standards - A vendor and technology neutral consortium whose vision of Boundaryless Information Flow™ will enable access to integrated information, within and among enterprises, based on open standards and global interoperability.
Open Grid Services Architecture - Helping to move towards a grid system architecture based on open grid services and architectural principles.
Open Source Software Licenses - A list of approved open source licenses and their definition maintained by the Open Source Initiative.
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) - A non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society.
Standards.Gov - Portal with background materials and useful links for locating information about the use of standards in government.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - An international community that develops standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
Open Architecture
A system in which the architecture is published in sufficient detail to enable change and subsequent evolution through the introduction or replacement of modules and/or components from any supplier.
IT Standards
Standards are necessary for interworking, portability, and reusability.They may be de facto standards for various communities, or officiallyrecognised national or international standards. Examples of bodiesconcerned in one way or another with computing standards are IAB,ISO, ANSI, ECMA, IEEE, IETF, W3C.
Selected Articles, Books, & Papers on IT Architecture & Standards
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