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MassGov Declares OpenDocument the Standard File Format for the Commonwealth
From Peter Quinn, Chief Information Officer, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts... "We just published a new draft version of our Enterprise Technical Reference Model for public review available at http://www.mass.gov/itd (see feature story in the center of the page). The revised version of the Data Formats section begins on page 16 and identifies the newly ratified OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) as our standard for office documents. Additional open and acceptable formats are also identified for other types of documents. Again, we would love to hear your comments and suggestions. Please forward your comments to Standards [at] state.ma.us by September 9. I would also appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about this public review so we can get the broadest input possible. Thank you." Download the pdf here . |
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Comments (6)
Sometimes they're the only State that votes for a Presidential candidate (Nixon 72). So, maybe no one will follow suit :(
OOo1.1.5 should be out in final form very soon (read, 'by Labor Day').
It is an important bug-fix upgrade for any EXISTING OOo users (of 1.x.y) who would wish to have the OpenDocument filters. YES, it creates and reads the OpenDocument formats generated in OOo2 enabling OOo1.x.y users to have the new OASIS OpenDocument formats while keeping the accustomed functionality of the older suite.
OOo2 has some look&feel "improvements" that make it more familiar to MS Office users.
IMHO, OOo1.1.5 is REALLY IMPORTANT since it aids smooth migration to OOo2, which people need to plan for themselves because the OpenDocument formats do not open in OOo versions before OOo1.1.5.
"The State CIO requests our comments on the document by September 9, 2007."
That date should read "...September 9, 2005."
Thank you Graham Lauder for pointing that out.
-SH
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The story refers to OpenOffice 1.1.5. Is such a version imminent? I expected the next release to be version 2. But, I suppose supporting Oasis is a godd enough reason to update the 1.1 series.