Principle 3: Our standards choices support flexibility and change
Statement
The Government’s IT and data and the standards upon which they are built, are
enablers for change, giving services the freedom to evolve according to changing
user needs, expectations and technology innovation.
Rationale
Flexible IT, built on open standards-based components, enables interoperability and
compatibility between existing and new systems or solutions, or transferability of data
and information between old and new systems. Standardised data accompanied by
open data formats also facilitate re-use.