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(Lack of) Representation of Non-Western World in Process of Creation of Web Standards
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by
Harsh Gupta
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published
Oct 20, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Access to Knowledge,
Web Standards,
Encrypted Media Extensions,
Openness
World Wide Consortium (W3C) as a standard setting organization for the World Wide Web plays a very important role in shaping the web. We focus on the ongoing controversy related to Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) and found that there was a serious lack of participation from people from non-western countries. We also found serious lack of gender diversity in the EME debate.
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Blogs
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Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities - Way Forward for India
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by
Vanya Rakesh
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published
Mar 19, 2016
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last modified
Apr 11, 2016 03:04 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Big Data,
Open Data,
Internet Governance,
Smart Cities
With a paradigm shift towards the concept of “Smart Cities’ globally, as well as India, such cities have been defined by several international standardization bodies and countries, however, there is no uniform definition adopted globally. The glue that allows infrastructures to link and operate efficiently is standards as they make technologies interoperable and efficient.
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Blog
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An Interview With Arjen Kamphuis
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by
Sanchia de Souza
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published
Apr 28, 2009
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last modified
Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM
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filed under:
Interview,
Open Standards,
FLOSS,
Intellectual Property Rights
In an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Dutch open source activist Arjen Kamphuis discussed his experience of successfully working with the government for a policy mandating open standards for all government IT in the Netherlands.
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Blog
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Arguments Against Software Patents in India
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 22, 2010
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last modified
Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Access to Knowledge,
Software Patents,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Publications,
Patents
CIS believes that software patents are harmful for the software industry and for consumers. In this post, Pranesh Prakash looks at the philosophical, legal and practical reasons for holding such a position in India. This is a slightly modified version of a presentation made by Pranesh Prakash at the iTechLaw conference in Bangalore on February 5, 2010, as part of a panel discussing software patents in India, the United States, and the European Union.
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Dec 30, 2015
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last modified
Jan 05, 2016 06:30 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Odia Wikisource,
Odia Wikipedia
Odia newspaper Sambad carried this featured column of mine yesterday in their Sunday supplement "Sambada Rabibara" on December 6, 2015.
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ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 18, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Openness,
Access to Knowledge
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, was celebrated in many cities today. The piece sheds light on the philosophy of software freedom, and how free and open source software is making a significant social change. I have also shared how anyone can contribute to the FOSS movement in different ways and celebrate SFD.
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CIS Comments on the Interoperability Framework for e-Governance (Phase I)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Feb 23, 2011
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last modified
May 22, 2013 10:48 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Openness,
Submissions
In November 2010, the Central Government released the Draft 0.6 of the Technical Standards for the Interoperability Framework for e-Governance (Phase I), requesting comments by January 27, 2011. Here are the comments that CIS submitted.
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Comments on the draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 08, 2011
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last modified
Aug 24, 2011 06:32 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Data,
Submissions,
Openness
A draft of the 'National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy', which some hope will be the open data policy of India, was made available for public comments in early May. This is what the Centre for Internet and Society submitted.
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Comments on the Draft National Policy on Software Products
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by
Anubha Sinha, Rohini Lakshané, and Udbhav Tiwari
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published
Dec 11, 2016
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last modified
Dec 12, 2016 02:45 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
National Software Policy,
Open Source,
Open Data,
Internet Governance,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society submitted public comments to the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Information & Communications Technology, Govt. of India on the National Policy of Software
Products on December 9, 2016.
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Blog
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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 01, 2016
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last modified
Jun 30, 2016 09:40 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Geospatial Data,
National Geospatial Policy,
Openness
The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were authored by Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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