ODF enters the Semantic Web
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| OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2 will be taking a step into the word of
| structured metadata with an RDF/XML metadata framework.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/10/odf-enters-semantic-web.html
OpenOffice's apparent mission creep
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| Apparently, OpenOffice 3.0 is intent on picking a fight with Microsoft
| Outlook. Bonne chance, mes amis. I don't mean to imply that it can't be done,
| but am rather suggesting that this is not the right way to go about it.
| Zimbra, sure. Or Mozilla's Thunderbird (standalone), sure. But bundled into
| OpenOffice? I'm not seeing it.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9797089-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
Meanwhile, Back in Minnesota: Your Chance to Help
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| The action in multiple countries leading up to the closing of the ISO/IEC
| JTC1 vote on OOXML has all but erased the memory of a similar multi-state
| contest involving ODF and OOXML that played out earlier this year. That
| playoff, you may now recall, involved the "open format" bills that had been
| introduced in multiple legislatures in the US, including in California,
| Connecticut, Oregon, New York and Texas. All of those efforts failed to
| accomplish their original objectives. As I noted in a summary of the rout I
| posted on June 10, each was defeated outright, except for the ones introduced
| in New York and Minnesota, where greatly weakened bills passed that called
| for the "study" of the open format issue.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071010063654750
Related:
OpenOffice.Org 3.0 feature list
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| OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2007) is taking place this week. Among the
| first information available is a talk about the future of OOorg.
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/openofficeorg-30-feature-list/
Malaysia formally embraces open doc format
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| The Malaysian government today announced plans to adopt open standards and
| the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.
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| [...]
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| In July this year, Japan became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region
| to embrace open software standards. Last August, the United Nations urged
| countries in the region to adopt the ODF.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62030781,00.htm
Government of Japan Embraces Open Software Standards
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| The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), the leading organization
| advocating for openness and accessibility to government documents and
| information, today congratulated Japan for adopting a policy under which
| government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors
| whose products support internationally recognized open standards.
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/126612?topic=117674
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