Via Bob Sutor's Open Blog, news that a French Government report is recommending that all government publications be made available in ODF format. It also encourages their European partners to do the same when exchanging documents.More, from … [Continue reading] about Lingua franca, lingua exposita
In Dublin’s Fair City
I am back from KDE's aKademy 2006 held this year on the campus of Trinity College in Dublin. Tuesday the 26th was "OpenDocument Day" and we heard from a variety of speakers on that topic. The keynote was by Barbara Held from the EC's IDABC … [Continue reading] about In Dublin’s Fair City
Nothing is certain but death and …
October is almost here. The last quarter. This is the time of year I start thinking of next April 15th and what I can do this year to reduce my taxes via by recognizing some capital losses, making charitable contributions, etc. It also makes me … [Continue reading] about Nothing is certain but death and …
ODF: Twenty Patterns of Use
I recently gave a presentation where, in passing, I enumerated a variety of usage patterns for ODF, demonstrating that it had wide applicability beyond the traditional heavy-weight office-like editors. This diversion in the presentation was … [Continue reading] about ODF: Twenty Patterns of Use
Proposal for an Open Document Developers Kit (ODDK)
As mentioned in a previous post, OASIS and the ODF Adoption TC have set up a web site at http://opendocument.xml.org to act as central resource and repository for ODF information, as well as to be a focal point for the ODF Community to discuss items … [Continue reading] about Proposal for an Open Document Developers Kit (ODDK)