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The OpenDocument Format has been submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), according to OASIS, the standards body that developed the format. Patrick Gannon, the ...
The software giant will sponsor an open-source project to create a converter between Open Office XML and OpenDocument file formats.
Developers have created a way to save OpenDocument documents from Microsoft Office. The first customer may be the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A lot of misinformation about the OpenDocument digital format has started to appear in the mainstream media and interest groups. Answers to many questions on the topic already have appeared, but they ...
A group of more than 35 U.S. and international IT vendors, organizations, academic institutions and industry bodies is due to announce the formation of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Alliance ...
OpenDocument proponents hope that widespread use of the standard, which Microsoft does not yet support, will spur adoption of software that competes with the company’s Office productivity suite.
OpenDocument group 'optimistic' on certification Alliance promoting OpenDocument standard says its lobbying will pay off when standardization body meets next month.
The OpenDocument Foundation, a little-known industry group that was originally created to promote the OpenDocument Format (ODF), has closed its doors after controversially dropping support for ODF ...
Australia's government may mandate that its agencies use software compatible with OpenDocument Format (ODF), an international file standard.