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A de facto standard is a custom or convention that is commonly used even though its use is not required.. De facto is a Latin phrase (literally "of fact"), here meaning "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established".
The term "de facto standard" is used for both: to contrast obligatory standards (also known as "de jure standards"); or to express a dominant standard, when there is more than one proposed standard. In social sciences, a voluntary standard that is also a de facto standard, is a typical solution to a coordination problem. [15]
Between 1805 and 1914, the ruling dynasty of Egypt was subject to the rulers of the Ottoman Empire but acted as de facto independent rulers who maintained the polite fiction of Ottoman suzerainty. However, starting from around 1882, the rulers had only de jure rule over Egypt, as it had by then become a British puppet state . [ 5 ]
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There are two ways in which an Internet Standard is formed and can be categorized as one of the following: "de jure" standards and "de facto" standards. [27] A de facto standard becomes a standard through widespread use within the tech community. A de jure standard is formally created by official standard-developing organizations. [27] These ...
"Whenever a major organization develops a new system as an official standard for X, the primary result is the widespread adoption of some simpler system as a de facto standard for X." [9] Like Gall's law , The Law of Standards is essentially an argument in favour of underspecification.
The Berlaymont building in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Commission. The Brussels effect is the process of unilateral regulatory globalisation caused by the European Union who de facto (but not necessarily de jure) externalizes its laws outside its borders through market mechanisms.
The concept of Free/Libre standards emerged in the software industry as a reaction against closed de facto "standards" which served to reinforce monopolies. Users of a free standard have the same four freedoms associated with free software, and the freedom to participate in its development process. The standardisation process typically requires ...