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UK government document standards
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:15 pm
by Paul McKeown
Just spotted the following bit of news:
UK makes ODF its official documents format standard.
The UK government has adopted the Open Document Format for all its sharable documents - that seems like progress.
Re: UK government document standards
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:18 pm
by MartinCarpenter
Very healthy and sensible really. Vendor lock in of data is pretty well always exceedingly undesirable.
Re: UK government document standards
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:24 am
by John McKenna
Worth reading the various views in the (57) comments below the main article.
This was my favourite -
George Mitchell: "a format which endures through time"
Still hard to beat a clay tablet or a cave wall.
Rabid Howler Monkey
23 July, 2014 14:06