====== de facto Standards Bodies ======

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A //de facto// Standard is something that is used so widely that it is considered a standard for a given [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:application|application]] although it has no official status. (( [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/de-facto-standard ]]
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A //de facto// Standard is generally controlled by a corporation (Microsoft, IBM, Google, Amazon, etc) or group (Apache, Linux, Mozilla, etc).

The DIDO RA provides data sheets for [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:defactostd|de facto standards]] developed by the following:
===== List of Corporate/Individual Projects =====
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