Open Web Foundation formed

infoworld.com     Jul 25, 2008            

Non-profit group supported by Google, Facebook aims to protect non-proprietary specifications for Web technologies The Open Web Foundation, a non-profit organization intended to help create an "Open Web," was announced Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Ore. Specifically, the organization is dedicated to the development and protection of non-proprietary specifications for Web technologies. The effort was announced by David Recordon of blogging tools maker Six Apart. As described on its Web page, the foundation "is an attempt to create a home for community-driven specifications. Following the open source model similar to the Apache Software Foundation, the foundation is aimed at building a lightweight framework to help communities deal with the legal requirements necessary to create successful... [read full story]                    

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Yet Another Open Data Foundation?

techcrunch.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Chris Saad, a co-founder of the Data Portability project has posted that tomorrow at OSCON a new Open Data Web Foundation will be announced by David Recordon and others. The goal of the new foundation is to set out the actual...                    

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Yet Another Open Data Foundation?

softratty.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Chris Saad, a co-founder of the Data Portability project has posted that tomorrow at OSCON a new Open Data Web Foundation will be announced by David Recordon and others. The goal of the new foundation is to set out the actual...                    

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Open Web Foundation Officially Launches

techcrunch.com     Jul 24, 2008          

This morning at that OSCON conference David Recordon of Six Apart will announce on stage the formation of the Open Web Foundation. The new foundation is about providing a home for the development and ratification of web-related...                    

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Announcing the Open Web Foundation

oreilly.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Today at OSCON, we'd like to announce the creation of the Open Web Foundation, an organizations that will help the creation and acceptance of As the web grows there is an increasing need for interoperability between sites. As...                    

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Open Web Foundation: David Recordon at OSCON

ajaxian.com     Jul 24, 2008          

David Recordon has just started his OSCON talk, embedded above, on supporting the Open Web. He is announcing the Open Web Foundation, a new attempt to have a place for us to incubate, license, and build community around...                    

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Announcing the Open Web Foundation

ito.com     Jul 24, 2008          

David Recordon just announced the Open Web Foundation at OSCON. The OWF will be a non-profit organization focused on supporting the development of open, non-proprietary web specifications. Supporting The Open Web - OSCON...                    

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Open Web Foundation is ALIVE

tlcstudio.wordpress.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Everything seems to be going open source nowadays. If you don’t know what open source it means free. Also that you and me own whatever specified as well as the rest of the world. Techcrunch has officially released information...                    

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Open Web Foundation to Keep Data “Open”

ziffdavis.com     Jul 25, 2008          

The Open Web Foundation launches at OSCON with a focus on keeping open source community efforts open and unfettered. - PORTLAND, Ore. -- At the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), a coalition of individuals and corporate...                    

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Open Web Foundation to Keep Data 'Open'

ziffdavis.com     Jul 25, 2008          

The Open Web Foundation launches at OSCON with a focus on keeping open-source community efforts open and unfettered.The effort is backed by individuals and companies such as Facebook, Google and MySpace. - PORTLAND, Ore. -- A...                    

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Open Web Foundation formed (InfoWorld)

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

Paul Krill 58 minutes ago San Francisco - The Open Web Foundation, a non-profit organization intended to help create an "Open Web," was announced Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Ore....                    

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