OpenSocial Foundation

Old news by now, but I wanted to comment real quick on the announced OpenSocial Foundation. In light of my previous comments about the status of the OpenSocial specification(s), I am happy to see this:

Today we are pleased to announce that Google is joining together with Yahoo! and MySpace in the creation of a non-profit foundation for the open and transparent governance of the OpenSocial specifications and intellectual property. This foundation, modeled after the community-led and industry-supported OpenID Foundation, will seek to ensure that the technology behind OpenSocial remains implementable by all, freely and without restriction, in perpetuity. The establishment of the foundation is a necessary and exciting next step toward an open model for application syndication via an increasingly socially-enabled Internet, and we invite and encourage your involvement as we complete this process over the next several months.

I'm not sure about the creation of a new organization to do this work,as opposed to working with an existing standards body, but I suppose this is - at minimum - a positive step in the right direction. At best, it means we can put fears about the status of the OpenSocial spec(s) to rest.

More info at:

Google
TechCrunch
CNet
Mashable
ReadWriteWeb
CenterNetworks
GigaOM
ProgrammableWeb
FaceReviews
EWeek
InformationWeek
InfoWorld
ComputerWorld
CIO Insight

Syndicated 2008-03-29 09:30:36 (Updated 2008-03-29 09:43:46) from openqabal