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OASIS opens discussion list for ODF Implementation, Interoperability and
Conformance
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| The new TC would provide a means for software implementors and service
| providers to create applications that adhere to the ODF specification and are
| able to interoperate. Proposers include representatives from Ars Aperta, IBM,
| and Novell; Rob Weir of IBM is designated as the discussion leader.
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http://opendocument.xml.org/news/oasis-opens-discussion-list-for-odf-implementation-interoperability-and-conformance
Recent:
NL: Administrative Court publishes automatic document conversion tool
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| The Dutch Council of State is willing to open source its application that can
| centrally convert documents between open formats and proprietary formats,
| said Marcel Pennock, the tool's developer, Wednesday at a conference on Open
| Document Format (ODF) in Utrecht.
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| The tools converts Microsoft documents to Open Document Format and the other
| way around. Documents can also be saved as Portable Document Format (pdf).
| The council's IT department is also considering a document management system
| that will be using the conversion tool. "We have not decided if that document
| system will be built as Open Source or not. For the past fifteen years we
| have been working with proprietary documents. Changing that is not done
| instantly."
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7638/469
South Africa adopts ODF as a national standard
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| The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) on Friday approved the Open
| Document Format (ODF) as an official national South African standard. The
| adoption of ODF by South Africa opens the way for the businesses and
| government to adopt ODF more widely in their processes.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2365
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