Open vs. Proprietary

If your team is opting for content authoring tools with proprietary formats, you may be segregating your organization's content and limiting the ability of others to use and benefit from it.

This decision carries strategic implications that you may not have considered. That's why we've put together a comprehensive guide to showcase all of the considerations that come with proprietary authoring formats.

This white paper outlines the five scenarios where implementing a proprietary format may materially limit your organization:

• Non-standard, Closed Formats Are Often Rejected By Development Teams
• Structured Content Strategy is About Liberating Content From Silos. Proprietary Formats Are Silos.
• Developing Content In Closed Formats Limits Future Capabilities
• Open Formats Are Inherently Agnostic to Subject Matter
• Open Standards Enable Interoperability

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