Document Format Dispute Spills into the Open

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 3, 2007 11:39 PM EDT
eWEEK Linux; By Peter Galli
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The recent decision by the Open Document Foundation to substitute the World Wide Web Consortium's Compound Document Format in place of the format it was set up to promote, the Open Document Format, has sparked a contentious debate over what shape the format should take. Open document advocates are debating fundamental questions about whether there should be a single document format or multiple formats that interoperate, and the relative importance of format and applications.

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