Lodahl's blog: Answers to 'Use of open standards in software in the public sector'

17 April 2007

Answers to 'Use of open standards in software in the public sector'

Here is an overview of all answers to the report 'Use of open standards in software in the public sector': http://www.oio.dk/standarder/B103-Hoeringssvar
  • Several answers recommends PDF as standard format for static documents.
  • Several answers regrets that there is no economical compensation to cover initial costs.
The comments are my own and very unofficial translation of the most important issues.


ODF or OOXML

Dual standards: PRO or CON

Comments

6 cities/counties: Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Esbjerg, Randers and Odense

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It should be assured that proposed standards is not unnecessary complex in documentation and technology and that the standards are not related against one single vendor.

A.P. Møller - Mærsk

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t is to be regret that we need two standards in stead of one world-wide document standard. We recommend the two standards is to be implemented as equal in the public sector in Denmark.

Banedanmark IT (Danish state railway network)

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Bellcom Open Source

ODF

CON


Biblioteksstyrelsen
Danish Library Agency

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Standards that are dominated by one vendor can't be considered an open standard.

Business Software Alliance, Belgium

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PRO


Civilstyrelsen
Civil Law Division under Ministry of Justice

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Finds a problem that some of these new standards is covering areas that is already covered by other standards, e.g. 'Lex Dania XML' under OIOXML.

KMD

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CompTia, Belgium

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PRO


Dansk Blindesamfund

Danish Association of the Blind

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Dansk IT

Danish IT Society

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PRO


Dansk Standard

Danish Standards

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Danske Regioner

Danish Regions

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Datatilsynet

The Danish Data
Protection Agency

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De Samvirkende Invalide­organisationer

DanishCouncil of Organisations of Disabled People

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DKUUG

Danish Unix User Group

ODF

PRO


Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste

Danish Defence Intelligence Service

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Forsvarskommandoen

Defence Command Denmark

ODF ?

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OOXML is too complex and has strong references to closed (Microsoft) formats.

Forsvarsministeriet

Ministry of Defence

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Fødevarestyrelsen

Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

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Hørsholm Kommune

City of Hoersholm

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IBM

ODF

CON


Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet

Ministry of the Interior and Health

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Ingeniørforeningen

The Danish Society of Engineers

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Integrationsministeriet

Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs

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IT-Branchen

The Danish IT Industry Association

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ITEK

Danish trade association for it

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PRO


IT-Politisk Forening

Danish IT-polical Organisation

ODF

CON


iZone

ODF

CON


Justitsministeriet

Ministry of Justice

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Kommunernes Landsforening

association of local government

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KMD

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Takes dual formats into consideration and will support this policy as provider.

Konkurrencestyrelsen

Danish Competition Authority

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It becomes a problem when one company controls a dominating technology or technical standard.

Kulturministeriet

Ministry of Culture

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Leif Andersen, KMD

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City of Lyngby Taarbaek

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Lægemiddelstyrelsen

Danish Medicines Agency

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Microsoft

OOXML

PRO

ODF is only intended for e.g. textdocuments and some limited use spreadsheets. EOOXML is also about ..."

Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen

National Survey and Cadastre

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Fødevareministeriet

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

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Oracle Danmark

ODF

CON


OSL

Danish Open Source Business Association

ODF

CON


HOW

ODF

CON


PROSA

Association of Computer Professionals

ODF

CON


Region Hovedstaden

Capital Region

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Region Midtjylland

Central Jutland Region

ODF

CON

A strong recommendation of one of the formats for office documents is needed.

Region Nordjylland

Nothern Jutland Region

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CON ?

It must be assured that there is no overlapping standards covering the same application types.

Region Sjælland

Sealand Region

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Rektorkollegiet

Danish Rectors' Conference

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PRO


Silkeborg Kommune

City of Silkeborg

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Skat

Danish tax authority

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Softace ApS

ODF

CON


SSLUG on behalf of SSLUG, MacBruger.dk,

BSD-DK, DKUUG,

ØJLUG, DTU-LUG, MVJ-LUG, ALSLUG,

Da.OpenOffice.org and

MozillaDanmark.dk

ODF

CON


Statens Arkiver

National Archives

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Syddansk Universitet

University of Southern Denmark

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The Trouble Shooters

ODF

CON


Transport- og Energiministeriet

Ministry of Transport and Energy

ODF

CON


Undervisningsministeriet

Minister for Education

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Regrets that any standards is mentioned by name. All software products should be open to any format. So the dual standard policy should be considered a multiple standard policy.

City of Vejle

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ZiteLab ApS

ODF

PRO

At least one standard format must be used but ODF should always be supported.

Økonomi- og Erhversstyrelsen

Danish Commerce and Companies Agency

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Aalborg Universitet

Aalborg University

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