For example, a soup kitchen may have a mission of giving the homeless dignity. But without clear goals, the soup kitchen could find itself in the mental health business, the housing business, or the job training business. It may want to be in these businesses, but that should be decided ...
The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) is a standardized format for defining and describing RESTful APIs. It provides a language-agnostic way to outline the structure, endpoints, request and response formats, parameters, authentication methods, and other aspects of an API. When you specify the OpenAPI fi...
This is the third version of a work in progress (published January 2018); the first version was made available by OASPA in December 2013 and a second version in June 2015. Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing OASPA's mission is to represent the interests of Ope...
technology, in the form of the token ring over optical fiber. FDDI developed for two primary reasons: to support and help extend the capabilities of older LANs, such as Ethernet and Token Ring, and to provide a reliable infrastructure for businesses, moving even mission-critical applications to...
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Note: While the examples above feature for-profit organizations, goals are also extremely important to mission-driven organizations. For example, a soup kitchen may have a mission of giving the homeless dignity. But without clear goals, the soup kitchen could find itself in the mental health busi...
The CIAV mission officially ended in 1997, but the OAS has continued to develop peace-building initiatives in Nicaragua, including a broad program funded by the Swedish government designed to protect human rights, strengthen the justice system, decentralize government, and give citizens a greater say...