[ALUG] Open standards

[Miku, E. Cornelius]

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Miku
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On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Andreas Tauscher via Linux <
linux at lists.habari.co.tz> wrote:

> 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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