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by webmaven 2169 days ago
> The solution is to have more common standards, make standards more accessible, and use existing standards whenever possible.

"The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. "

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We don't need more interchangeable standards. We need standards for different things.

The point in having standards is not to have the one ultimate standard that everyone uses, but to have a documented way to interoperate at all without interrogating the author or reverse-engineering.