Sebastian writes: > perhaps we could have an example of a "standard" that is not "owned"; > it is completely contradictory!! > > ISO is "owned" by its members Do you mean that "http", the protocol and "HTML", the language, are "owned"? I thought that TimBL and CERN gave them to the world for free. You did make your point. So let's changed "owned" to some other word or phrase. -- Bill