Jul 25 2008
Open Web Foundation Officially Launches
Yesterday at the OSCON 2008 in Portland the launch of the “Open Web Foundation” was announced. This is a solid approach towards Open Web standards
- TechCrunch news about the launch of the Open Web Foundation
- Open Web Foundation Members so far
- OSCON Slides of the Session by David Recordon

Scott Kveton refines the understanding of the Open Web Foundation here
- July 24th, 2008 at 9:48 am PDT
The Open Web Foundation is not a standards body. The W3C, OASIS and others do that fantastically today. This is about helping speed the development and proliferation of open specifications so we can figure out if they make sense or not. The website will be updated in the coming days but we’re not trying to create a new standards organization; just solve some pain points we’ve been feeling. You can read more here:
http://kveton.com/blog/2008/07/24/announcing-the-open-web-foundation/