OASIS ODF 1.2, the current version of the Open Document Format standard, was approved by ISO/IEC JTC1 National Bodies after a 3-month Publicly Available Specification (PAS) ballot. The final vote for DIS 26300 was: 17-0 for Parts 1 and 2, and 18-0 for Part 3. Of course, this is a very good result and all […]
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Document as Activity versus Document as Record
I’ve been thinking some more on the past, present and future of documents. I don’t know exactly where this post will end up, but I think this will help me clarify some of my own thoughts. First, I think technology has clouded our thinking and we’ve been equivocating with the term “document”, using it for […]
ODF 1.2 Submitted to ISO
Last Wednesday, March 26th, on Document Freedom Day, OASIS submitted Open Document Format 1.2 standard to the ISO/IEC JTC1 Secretariat for transposition to an International Standard under the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) procedure. If you recall, the PAS procedure is what we used back in 2005 when ODF 1.0 was submitted to ISO and was […]
First release of the Apache ODF Toolkit
The Apache ODF Toolkit 0.5 (incubating) release is now available for download. Detailed change notes are also posted. The ODF Toolkit is a Java library for reading, writing and creating ODF documents. It is entirely in Java and does not require that you install a desktop editor like OpenOffice. It operates directly on the file […]
ODF 1.2: Approved as an OASIS Standard
To quote the immortal words of Otis B. Driftwood, “Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor”. The day has finally arrived. Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2 has been approved. It is now an OASIS Standard. If you are regular reader of this […]