TAGS: | 3 May 2010 8:43 PM | by Scott Mackey
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the approval of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) v1.0 specification as an OASIS standard. Half a decade ago, the campaign began in earnest for “document freedom,” with ODF created on the grounds that innovation and interoperability are paramount – and these are based on open standards.
The diagram below (source: ODFAlliance.org) maps out milestones in 3 categories:
We at Adlib Software offer our heartfelt congrats to the ODF Alliance. Like PDF – our bread and butter – ODF is a “public” electronic document output format that lets users access content without forcing them to buy commercial software.
ODF Formats Work Within Office 2010
A beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 indicates that users are prompted as to whether they want to use Office Open XML (OOXML) or ODF – both of which are international standards.
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