Opening up government through open data standards
The Open Standards Board has adopted two new standards. We invited the standard champions to talk about the benefits of their chosen standards and ways in which they complement each other.
Developing our technology network and approach
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Open standards, Technology Leaders, Technology news
James Stewart talks about his expanded role: developing our approach to technology leadership, open standards and architecture.
Hosting the W3C Technical Architecture Group
As active members of the web community with a strong commitment to open standards, we want to contribute what we're learning to efforts to ensure an open, standards-based web.
Making a difference by being open
Linda Humphries, who currently leads the open standards team in GDS, reflects on how things have changed in the approach to government technology through open standards over the fast 4-5 years.
Help us find the right open standards
...any open standards you think we should use. They are: How we publish vacancies online How we exchange property and place information – information about addresses How we exchange information...
Welcome back
Although the election meant that we went on a period of radio silence, there were a number of quite big decisions that came through right at the end of the parliament
Standards Hub: simpler and clearer
...had trouble navigating their way around the previous layout. Potential users also told us that they were discouraged from getting involved because the site was so confusing. We hope that...
Ways of working - experiments and odysseys
...might be applications and approaches that could make your work easier to do and much easier to share. So how was the clinic? I used a web-based presentation app called...
Open Standards Board: new appointees
Since its inception in April 2013, the Open Standards Board has been busy. It has selected 6 standards profiles: cross-platform character encoding, persistent resolvable identifiers, exchange of contact information, exchange...
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) membership for HM Government
...aspect of how we build technology. We have ratified many standards and are looking for opportunities to build on other standards in the software we build and buy. As open...