29 January 2010

Victory

The Danish Parliament has decided to create a list of allowed standards. The standards MUST be implemented before end 2011.

The decision includes two important things:
  1. ODF is on the list - OOXML is NOT!
  2. New standards MUST live up to certain criterias, among others it must be fully inter-operable with existing formats (formats already on the list). Microsoft is therefor responsible for interoperability with ODF.

Ref: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.version2.dk%2Fartikel%2F13690&sl=da&tl=en
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3 comments:

  1. Erik Cederstrand29 January, 2010 13:10

    I'm sorry, but ODF is NOT on the list. The list is empty currently, but it is expected that ODF fulfills the criteria defined by the parliament.

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  2. Leif Lodahl29 January, 2010 13:26

    According to §4 (Editable documents) it is:

    "...use the formats from §2, including ODF..." and "...using ODF or other open file formats from the list"


    http://www.version2.dk/modules/fsArticle/download.php?fileid=31

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  3. Anonymous29 January, 2010 17:29

    Hooray! Norway, and now Denmark. I hope the whole Nordic region follows suit and continues to show the rest of the word how things should be done.

    I hope you are contributing to the public review of ODF 1.2

    http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/201001/msg00255.html

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