yup, but no standard is a law. law on its own can mandate the use of a specific standard, but a standard on its own is no law. so much so that often doing non

yup, but no standard is a law. law on its own can mandate the use of a specific standard, but a standard on its own is no law. so much so that often doing non-standard stuff is the most successful route. dumb example: Apple and all of it proprietary, non standard stuff.