Posts Tagged ‘Open standard’

Dec

Web 4.0, Another Definition.

Posted by: wkossen in green IT, Social Networking, Web2.0

Ok, I know, Many have gone before me and came up with a definition of Web 4.0. I could add a ton of links, but won’t. This link will do:http://www.google.nl/search?q=”web+4.0″. Check that out, but read on first… Let’s start the counting. Web 1.0 was the original web. It’s still alive and kicking today, don’t worry. Continue reading →

Tags: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Open standard, SemanticWeb, Web 2.0

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Nov

Office XML just became Open..

Posted by: wkossen in Tech

It happened. Maybe I should say, it finally happened. The Microsoft Office Open XML format has been accepted by ISO as a true Open Standard. You can even get it for free here. This means that this file format has now the same open status as the allready open format ODF, used in Openoffice.org and Continue reading →

Tags: File format, International Organization for Standardization, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, ODF, Office Open XML, Open standard, OpenOffice.org

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Oct

Web2.0 Services Integration, wrong or right?

Posted by: wkossen in Web2.0

Almost all users of web2.0 services will have noticed that it is possible to link different services together, to get data from one service into another, to integrate services. Examples are numberous and I’ll name just a few: Twittering my location from Plazes.com Importing my contacts into LinkedIN from my Hotmail account Getting my tweets Continue reading →

Tags: Application programming interface, Firefox, Gmail, Google, Google Calendar, Mozilla Sunbird, Open standard, Plazes.com, Remember The Milk