Use open standards

Requirements

For features of a codebase that facilitate the exchange of data the codebase MUST use an open standard that meets the Open Source Initiative Open Standard Requirements.

Any non-open standards used MUST be recorded clearly as such in the documentation.

Any standard chosen for use within the codebase MUST be listed in the documentation with a link to where it is available.

Besides making a list, consider adding badges to the repository for the standards used so that contributors immediately see shat is required for a contribution to the codebase.

Examples

• Standard for Public Code - showing both a badge in use and instructions for how to apply it.

Any non-open standards chosen for use within the codebase MUST NOT hinder collaboration and reuse.

If no existing open standard is available, effort SHOULD be put into developing one.

Open standards that are machine testable SHOULD be preferred over open standards that are not.

Non-open standards that are machine testable SHOULD be preferred over non-open standards that are not.