Endorsement of current open Standards identified in the GC standard on Web interoperability and GC standard on Web accessibility
HTML5, UTF-8, RDFa Lite, Schema.org, Atom
WCAG 2.0
Require that all new purchases, upgrades or migrations (including cloud solutions) store and manage data with open Standards
Factor in the use of open Standards when calculating total cost of ownership (TCO) of a solutions including exit or transition costs
Configure existing solutions to use open standards where possible
EARB process to support active application when adopting solutions
Endorsement of current preferred (pilots, principles, guidelines) open Standards in the GC
Open Contracting Data Standard (PSPC Open Contracting Data Standard pilot)
PDF/A, EPUB3, XML, CSV (GC open data/information principles)
EPUB3, PDF/A, ODF, EML, MBOX, .. (LAC guidelines on file formats for transferring information resources of enduring value)
Align with UK open standards for government
Adopt open Standards selected by UK Open Standards Board
HTML5, PDF/A, ODF, Open Contracting Data Standard, vCard, iCalendar, ..
Collaborate with UK to select new open standards for governments
Adapt and adopt UK guidance on ODF and procurement to GC
Open Source Software use
Plan to eliminate current lock-in to closed-source operating system by favoring use of open source multi-platform or Web applications
Endorse open source Web browser, office suite and other productivity tools for use by all departments and agencies’ workplace technology devices
Require that all new purchases, upgrades or migrations (including cloud solutions) actively and fairly consider open source software (OSS) during procurement
Factor in the use of OSS when calculating TCO of a solutions including exit or transition costs
Select OSS on the basis of its additional inherent flexibility, when there is no significant overall (full-lifecycle) cost (TCO) difference with closed-source solutions
EARB process to support active application when adopting solutions
Use OSS components in development projects and build solutions based on existing OSS
Open Source Software contribution
Support and be an active contributor (code, issues, testing, roadmap, ..) to OSS used by the GC and/or where there is benefit to Canadians
Comply to the licenses of OSS projects they contribute to
Support initiatives such as the The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative to help ensure that critical libraries for modern Internet communications are monitored and supported
Release code developed internally as under Open Source Software licenses
Publish as OSS all source code created or modified, whether developed in-house by government staff or through negotiated contracts
Encourages contributions to its OSS projects, whether it be code, commentary, bug reports, feature requests, or overall strategic direction
Open Source Software Community Building
Provide awards and recognition for departments, units and individuals using open standards and open source software in the GC
Other
Update cloud adoption strategy to reflect direction on the use of open standards and OSS
