APPENDIX TABLE QUESTIONS COUNT PERCENTAGE A14 Q14: What is your organization’s relationship with closed standards? My organization develops products, solutions, or services that conform to certain closed standards 205 41% My organization contributes to the development of one or more closed standards 183 37% My organization leads the development of one or more closed standards 110 22% My organization does not use or contribute to closed standards 65 13% Don’t know or not sure 53 11% Other (please specify) 14 3% A15 Q19: Is your organization a member of one or more standards bodies? ISO (International Organization for Standardization), IEC (International 115 24% Electrotechnical Commission), or ISO/IEC JTC 1 We’re not affiliated with any standards body 108 23% Linux Foundation or Joint Development Foundation 106 23% IoT standards bodies (e.g., Bluetooth Special Interest Group, OneM2M, Open Interconnectivity Foundation) 91 19% ANSI (American National Standards Institute) 83 18% Telecommunications standards bodies (e.g., 3GPP, ITU-T, GSMA) 72 15% IEEE 64 14% CEN, CENELEC, ETSI (or other E.U. standards bodies) 59 13% IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) 57 12% Don’t know or not sure 53 11% W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) 51 11% IAB (Internet Architecture Board) 43 9% ACORD (or other AP standard bodies) 37 8% Ecma International 34 7% Non-IT industry standards bodies (e.g., AEC in automotive, AAIS - American Association of Insurance Services) 33 7% OASIS Open 32 7% Other (please specify) 24 5% A16 Q20: What characteristics do you believe are necessary for a standard to be an open standard? Final specification openly published and accessible 269 61% Developed using an open process (i.e., open for public review and debate) 242 55% Royalty free for implementers 239 54% Draft specifications openly published and accessible 206 47% 40

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