The Sovereign Tech Agency is exploring how to better support open source maintainers and contributors who are actively working on technology standards relevant to their open source infrastructure projects.
Open standards are foundational to a healthy open source ecosystem. They enable interoperability, enhance digital sovereignty, foster competition and innovation and ensure that critical digital infrastructure remains accessible and serves the public interest.
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If the project you work on is based on a standard or specification external to the project or should be a standard in your opinion, please complete the survey at the following link:
https://sovereigntechfund.limesurvey.net/999999
🗓 Deadline: 9 March 2026
Thank you for your time and for your contributions. 💜
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@sovtechfund I love that we have to accept the privacy policy… which is only in german.
@sovtechfund Adding hashtags in case someone is following these topics #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #OpenStandards #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenData
I m very confused by this survey. I am involved in several standards processes (ISO, ETSI, and industry groups) and some of the projects that I maintain are closely related to those standards. The survey did not ask me any questions about that relationship.
The question about the ‘primary’ open-source project was also confusing. I don’t really know which one this is for me.
What is the goal of this survey?
I m very confused by this survey. I am involved in several standards processes (ISO, ETSI, and industry groups) and some of the projects that I maintain are closely related to those standards. The survey did not ask me any questions about that relationship.
The question about the ‘primary’ open-source project was also confusing. I don’t really know which one this is for me.
What is the goal of this survey?
@david_chisnall The goal of the survey is to inform our thinking on how to best support the work of open source maintainers in open standards. We suggest to pick one project or submit multiple survey answers for each project if they differ substantially. Thank you!
@sovtechfund What do I need to click on to be asked any questions about my involvement with standards? I think it was clicking the one that said that my project was not an implementation of a specification defined in a standard that excluded any such questions. That's a very narrow subset of the relationship between open source and open standards.
@david_chisnall Sorry to hear that you ran into issues. We fixed some logic errors in the meantime. Feel free to give any other feedback in the free text form at the end. Thank you!
