[LINK] [Fwd: [iosn-general] APDIP e-Note 18 on Standards for Electronic Documents]

[Marghanita da Cruz]

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> This APDIP e-Note provides a brief introduction to the history of
> document standards, explores the different standards for electronic
> documents and details the development of OpenDocument Format for Office
> Applications (ODF). It also looks at how governments worldwide have
> started to adopt ODF in public administration.This APDIP e-Note provides
> a brief introduction to the history of document standards, explores the
> different standards for electronic documents and details the development
> of OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (ODF). It also looks at
> how governments worldwide have started to adopt ODF in public
> administration.
> 
> Office productivity software is extensively used to create electronic
> documents, spreadsheets and presentation files. These documents are
> widely shared within and across government agencies, commercial
> industries, educational institutions, and across countries, cultures and
> time zones. With millions of users of office productivity software,
> computer literacy is now equated by many to literacy in operating a word
> processor, spreadsheet or presentation application.
> 
> The office productivity software industry has had a tumultuous history
> in the last two decades, much due to harsh competitions. In order to
> ‘lock’ users to their software by making it difficult for end users to
> easily read, edit and save their documents in other office productivity
> software, corporations have developed electronic document formats that
> are closed, proprietary and lacked adequate documentation.
> 
> The closed nature of the documents have resulted in problems
> of electronic archeology: documents created by users 10 years ago or
> less cannot be opened with 100 percent fidelity in modern office
> software.
> 
> In response, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured
> Information Standards (OASIS) started its work in 2002 to define an open
> standard for office documents (the ODF) to ensure interoperability
> between different office productivity software.
> 
> Governments and administrative bodies have been quick to recognize the
> merits of ODF and have started to integrate ODF as national policies for
> document use and exchange. This APDIP e-Note provide some examples from
> Australia to the US.
> 
> Other open standards discussed in this APDIP e-Note include the
> Microsoft-released Office Open XML and Adobe Systems’ Portable Document
> Format.
> 
> Download the e-note: http://www.apdip.net/apdipenote/18.pdf
> 
> WWW: http://www.apdip.net/news/apdipenote18
> 



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