Standards Definition According to the participating standards organizations, an open standard fulfills the following conditions: Collaborative/consensus based development and/or approval Transparent process Inclusive RAND/FRAND Intellectual Property Right (IPR) policies Standard is published and made available to the general public under reasonable terms (including for reasonable fee or for free) See also Open standard Open specifications Standardization Machine to machine References External links – ETSI Global Standards Collaboration Global Standards Collaboration - Machine-to-Machine Standardization Task Force www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc/index.html – Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc/gsc10/index.html – GSC10 www.etsi.org/WebSite/AboutETSI/GlobalRole/GSC.aspx – Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) www.atis.org/gsc/index.asp – Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) www.tsdsi.org TSDSI Home - Global Standards Collaboration www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=96760 Telecom, Radio Standards Organizations Identify Areas of Focus Standards organizations Telecommunications standards Organizations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Virginia