Digital Standards Organisation - Declaration in The Hague

[kinchew]

Hi Everybody,

Have you heard of the Digital Standards Organization, http://www.digistan.org?
Anyway, here are some brief information on the DSO:

The Digital Standards Organization was founded by open standards
professionals in 2007. Its goal is to promote customer choice, vendor
competition, and overall growth in the global digital economy through
the understanding, development, and adoption of free and open digital
standards.

An interesting development is that a declaration, called the Hague
Declaration will be signed today, 21 May 2008, in The Hague. It will
be signed by the founders of the Digital Standards Organization, and
others. The signing ceremony will be held in the Dutch Royal
Library.

There is also an Open letter to standards professionals and activists
on the website. In this letter nineteen standards professionals and
activists, founders of the Digital Standards Organization call on
standards developers, supporters, and advocates to sign the Hague
Declaration on open standards, and join in the building of a new not-
for-profit worldwide grass roots organization "to defend and promote
open standards".

Will the DSO pose a challenge to the ISO (International Standards
Organization)? Only time will tell!

Regards

Kin Chew