Acknowledgments We thank all of the people who participated in the survey and interview process as well as those who dedicate time and effort toward developing open standards. Special thanks to Linux Foundation colleagues for their involvement in the various stages of the research process: Mike Dolan, Hilary Carter, Stephen Hendrick, Anna Hermansen, Marco Gerosa, Adrienn Lawson, Barry Hall, Christina Oliviero, and Melissa Schmidt. We also wish to thank the JDF Advisory Council, the LF Research Advisory Board, Andrew Updegrove, David Rudin, and Seth Newberry for their careful review and thoughtful feedback on many drafts of this report. About the author Jory Burson is the VP of Standards for the Linux Foundation, where she helps projects identify opportunities for standardization and collaborate on specifications. She is an open source developer-turned-standards practitioner who is passionate about bringing the best of open source and standards-making practices to bear in open projects. Her past experience includes several private and non-profit organizations, including OASIS Open, W3C, Ecma International, and the web standards consultancy Bocoup. She is recognized for her expertise in web standards, open source governance, and community management and for advocating for developers and open source maintainers within organizations THE 2023 STATE OF OPEN STANDARDS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON THE TRANSITION TO OPEN STANDARDS 56