[ALUG] Open standards

[Andreas Tauscher]

In 2014 UK government declared the ODF 1.2 format to the only valid
format in government and administration for documents which have to be
edited.

Today the "Open Standards Prociples" has been updated.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-standards-principles/open-standards-principles

It is worth reading it.
Most of the points are not only valid for the public sector.
Also the private sector, individuals or companies should keep this in mind:
A open standard might cause additional costs.
A proprietary format *will* cause additional costs and *will* cause
serious headache if you want/have to change the supplier.

Actual ODF is the preferred or only(*) valid format in government and
administration in:
Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany,
Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, NATO*, Netherlands*, Norway*,
Poland, Portugal*, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea,
Sweden*, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom*, Uruguay, Venezuela

ODF is since 2005 ISO standard (ISO/IEC 26300) and the default format of
LibreOffice and other Open Source software.
Microsoft Office 2013 supports ODF 1.2 Office 2017 and 2007SP2 only ODF
1.1 And big surprise: Wordpad in Win 10 seems to support also ODF.

Andreas

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