Currently
Leading the Joint Development Foundation
The JDF provides simplified legal incorporation and intellectual property agreements that enable open standards projects to get to work quickly by replacing months of multi-party negotiations with governance and policies that are widely adopted and straightforward. We support over 30 Projects and a collective financial investment of over $18 million.
Fundraising for Open Web Docs
Open Web Docs is a collective of community members and organizations maintaining web platform documentation as critical digital infrastructure. We've fundraised over $2.5 million since 2021 to provide full-time tech writing support to projects such as MDN. Read more and get involved at https://github.com/openwebdocs.
Researching Open Standards, Value and Policy
The follow up report to The 2023 State of Open Standards: Empirical Research on the Transition to Open Standards is in the data analysis phase. The report is expected to be launched in the Fall of 2024.
Recently
- StandICT.eu 2026 Training Webinar - Open Source & Standardisation
- CHIPS R&D Standardization Readiness Level Workshop
- NIST CHIPS R&D Standards Summit
- Getting Started with Community Spec: The Lightweight, Open Source Standardization Path
- Open Web Docs Impact and Transparency Report 2023
- Open Web Docs meetup with Mozilla’s MDN team
- Open Web Docs Receives Sovereign Tech Fund Grant
- Panel Discussion: How Web Developers are Changing Web Standards
- Innovation Amplified: The Power of Open Source & Open Standards with Jory Burson
- Setting the right bar for open source standards
- Efficient Standards – From Idea to Standard to Implementation Using Internationally Recognized Linux Foundation Standards Collaboration
- Standing Together on Shared Challenges: Report on the 2023 Open Source Congress
- Open Standards are Empowering the World: Key Findings from the State of Open Standards Report
- The 2023 State of Open Standards: Empirical Research on the Transition to Open Standards
- Open Source for Sustainability: How Projects under the Linux Foundation Are Helping to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Interview with Jory Burson, Community Director, OpenJS Foundation on Open Source Standards
- Introducing Open Web Docs
- Stack Overflow Podcast #296 - Adventures in JavaScriptLandia
- Announcing JavaScriptLandia
- Meet thanksbot - a bot for fostering cultures of appreciation
- Grant for the Web Judging Cohort
- 2020 MDN Web Developer Needs Assessment
- W3C Code of Ethical & Professional Conduct - training and committee support
- Codeland Conference 2020 - Workshop presentation
- OpenJS World Conference Emcee
- Global Diversity CFP Day - Boston Volunteering
- +1 to a Collaborative Future - panel at JSConfEU 2019
- OpenJS Foundation Collab Summit
- Bridging Open Source and Open Standards keynote at Fullstack NYC
- Maintainers Anonymous #5 - on the significance of standards
- Industry Presentation to W3C Advisory Council
- Codes of Conduct now guide open source communities, Mozilla Internet Health Report
- OpenJS Foundation Announcement at Open Source Leadership Summit
- JSParty, Episode 58: Real JavaScript, Not too Much, Stage Three and Above
- Thunderplains 2018 Keynote Presentation
- JSMobile Conf 2018 Keynote Presentation
About
Jory Burson is the VP of Standards for the Linux Foundation, where she helps projects identify opportunities for standardization and collaborate on specifications. She is an open source developer-turned-standards practitioner, who is passionate about bringing the best of open source and standards-making best practices to bear in open projects. With over a decade of experience in the field, Jory has worked with several private and non-profit organizations including OASIS Open, W3C, Ecma International, and the web standards consultancy Bocoup, to name a few. She is known for her expertise in web standards, open source governance, and community management. Jory has played a role in shaping the open source ecosystem through her work with critical open source projects such as jQuery, Node.js, and MDN Content. Jory is a passionate advocate for open source software, diversity, and inclusion in the tech industry.