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| | OpenDocument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Organizations and individuals that store their data in an open format such as OpenDocument avoid being locked in to a single software vendor, leaving them free to switch software if their current vendor goes out of business, raises their prices, changes their software, or changes their licensing terms to something less favorable. | | | The OpenDocument format is intended to provide an open alternative to proprietary document formats including the popular but undocumented DOC, XLS, and PPT formats used by Microsoft Office, as well as Microsoft Office Open XML format (this latter format has various licensing requirements that prevent some competitors from using it). | | | In contrast, Microsoft Office's proprietary file formats have had no public peer review of accessibility issues, and in fact the widely-used binary formats are not even published for review, so the OpenDocument specification is being held to a higher standard than either set of Microsoft formats. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
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| | Open Data Format Initiative: Sample Open Data Format Bill |
| | Data formats that are not "native" to a particular piece of software, but are read or written by that software only to improve the exchange of data with other pieces of software. | | | Complete documentation of formats used to encode data ensures that data files could be read at a future time, by writing new software to interpret the data files, even if the original software that encoded it was unavailable due to lack of computer hardware or software; | | | Therefore, it is in the public interest that the [government] use open data format software in its public computing functions. |
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http://odfi.org/archives/000014.html
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| | Open File Format Definition |
| | A file will be considered "open formatted" if all data required to render the file in human perceptable form, whether embedded or linked is encoded in open file formats. | | | Files which refer by links to external, closed format files, may be considered "open formatted" so long as the external data need not be interpreted to render the original file. | | | The following is a file format definition proposed and discussed on the Texas Open Source Initiative Mailing List, as part of an initiative to promote the use of such standards in government projects. |
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http://www.anansispaceworks.com/Documentation/BuildImage/Legal/tosi.openformatdef.2003.03.19.html
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| | The Open Source Weblog |
| | The move is seen as both a victory for open source software and a blow to Microsoft, since Office doesn't support the format. | | | Open source projects should and normally do support open file formats because it makes practical and ethical sense, but there is no hard link between the two. | | | And on the other hand, there is nothing to stop an open source project from developing a proprietary file format. |
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http://opensource.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000780060353
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| | Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: The Open Data Format Initiative |
| | This format has been reverse-engineered, of course, but technically any software that reads it may be violating a patent (there used to be an external email alias at Microsoft that people could contact if they wanted official documentation on the Word binary file format for non-commmercial use, but it is no longer active). | | | Open data formats are important for many reasons, but the main one is that it's my data. | | | I wrote an article for a now-defunct website (I kept a copy from Google's cache), arguing that governments should adopt laws requiring all data on government computers to be in open formats. |
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http://www.proudlyserving.com/archives/2005/01/the_open_data_f_1.html
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| | Open Standards |
| | Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination. | | | Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange. | | | Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. |
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http://www.canadiancontent.net/dir/Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Open_Standards
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| | Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : MS Office Open XML Formats and OpenDocument XML format |
| | Because both formats are open and documented, it is possible to create a transform (or filter) that goes between the two. | | | This is where the similarity between the two formats stops though: Our primary goal at Microsoft was to create an open format that fully represented all of the features that our customers have used in their existing documents, documents that have been created using the existing Office products over the past couple decades. | | | The basis for the OpenDocument format work was the OpenOffice.org XML file format (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/faq.php) that originated I believe with the StarOffice product, where the goal of that group was to create an open and interoperable format. |
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http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/06/13/428655.aspx
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| | Informal Comments on Open Formats - Executive Office for Administration and Finance |
| | That would potentially include (again, we need to wait for the final designation of this by Microsoft) Word Processing ML, which is the wrapper around DOC files, Spreadsheet ML, which is the wrapper around XLS files, and the form template schemas. | | | We have been in a conversation with Microsoft for several months with regard to the patent that they have on, and the license surrounding their use of, XML to define the schema of DOC files in Microsoft Office 2003. | | | As always, we look forward to your feedback; one of the best assets that we have is the collective brainpower of the software industry in Massachusetts. |
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http://www.mass.gov/eoaf/open_formats_comments.html
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| | tecosystems: Massachusetts / Open Document Format Followup: Q&A |
| | I do believe, unlike many open source and ODF advocates, that Microsoft's format is open in the sense that it's documented and available - by my definition it's an open format, but not an open standard. | | | The timing, incidentally, doesn't favor Microsoft's Office Open XML formats, because that's certainly not as available as the ODF.[1] But in the case of the ODF, Wilcox is essentially comparing the to-be-phased out Office binary formats to a relatively newly minted ODF. | | | Building on a quasi-open format like PDF may well be a better, clean policy bet than that of forcing citizens to buy Microsoft Office (because government documents are published in Microsoft Office's closed formats). |
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http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000951.html#c004873
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| | OpenRAW - Digital Image Preservation Through Open Documentation |
| | A RAW file is a proprietary file format created by a manufacturer to contain the raw data from a digital camera. | | | This site was created to give photographers and everybody interested in an open documentation of proprietary RAW formats a place to voice their opinion and to encourage camera makers to openly document their proprietary RAW formats. | | | Closed, proprietary, RAW file formats present many immediate and future challenges for photographers and anyone who uses digital images. |
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http://www.openraw.org
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| | NSLog(@"Erik J. Barzeski"); - Apple Embraces the Open Format Movement |
| | The Address Book is not open source, but its API is. iCal isn't open source, but it uses an open file format. | | | XML, APIs, and common and open file formats and advances (Rendezvous, which even TiVo has snapped up) all boost the Mac as a platform and enhance the computing environment on any platform. | | | Currently, iPhoto uses a binary file format to store its library/album information. |
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http://nslog.com/archives/000101.php
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| | xml: |
| | XML file formats allow a user to regain ownership to his/her own data, by allowing access and manipulation of office documents by arbitrary tools which support the file format. | | | The dev@xml.openoffice.org mailing list is used by developers and users of the XML-based file format. | | | The OpenOffice.org XML project develops the OpenOffice.org XML File Format, as well as the necessary implementation for the OpenOffice.org application. |
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http://xml.openoffice.org
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| | OpenOffice.org: Home |
| | Microsoft's announcement on in November that it recognises the market pressure for open-standard data formats is a welcome development. | | | Users of office software have come to realise that their real investment lies not in the software itself, but in the documents they have created: their own intellectual property. | | | The only way to guarantee access to this investment longterm is for the data to be stored in a vendor-neutral, open-standard format. |
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http://www.openoffice.org/#00000002
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| | O'Reilly Network: SWF Is Not Flash (and Other Vectored Thoughts) |
| | Sure, it would be a good move for Macromedia to make the FLA format open so the designers could move their project files from one authoring environment to another. | | | Also, the SWF file format has been tested in the wide, wild world of the Internet, while SVG is still waiting to be generally accepted (as in being supported out of the box by all major browsers). | | | SWF is only a small part of that solution; it's the file format in which content created with the Flash authoring tool is distributed. |
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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/05/24/swf_not_flash.html
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| | Thinking XML: The open office file format |
| | Information on how OpenOffice uses XML, including the file formats, can be found at the XML project page which links to details and DTDs of the file formats, a discussion of the choices behind the package formats, and more. | | | Vendors know this and understand the nuances of making their proprietary file formats important enough to force your loyalty, while making their tools flexible enough to accept the files of competitors. | | | The XMerge project is an excellent example of versatile applications built upon basic file formats in XML. |
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http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think15
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| | Q&A: Microsoft Co-Sponsors Submission of Office Open XML Document Formats to Ecma International for ... |
| | These new formats improve file and data management, data recovery and interoperability with line-of-business systems beyond what is possible with Office 2003 binary file formats, such as.doc,.xls and.ppt. | | | We want documents to be represented using a standardized, stable and open format so that the owners of the content can use and repurpose it in whatever way they want, independent of the software they used to create it. | | | So the Office Open XML file formats represent all the characteristics of the Office binary file formats, while making it easier for people to connect to the different islands of data in the enterprise. |
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/nov05/11-21Ecma.mspx
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| | The Catch-22 of Open Format Adoption, Part 3: Office Documents Acts of Volition |
| | Having looked at music formats and instant messaging protocols, this final installment of a short series on open formats covers what may be the most ubiquitous of digital file formats: office documents. | | | As is the case with instant messaging protocols, the move from proprietary to open office file formats can be eased with the help of transitional software. | | | The core idea behind this series on open formats and protocols is that you should not be limited in access to what you have created yourself, regardless of the tools you used to create. |
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http://actsofvolition.com/archives/2005/june/thecatch22of2
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| | tecosystems: Massachusetts: You'll Use the Open Document Format and Like It |
| | Everything is moving to the Open Internet, and Open XML technologies are both the API, the file format, and the messaging layer for the next generation of Open Internet collaborative computing. | | | The Open Internet snuck up on Microsoft, and achieved critical mass before the predator could work their tried and true “embrace, extend, extinguish” business practice on Open Internet protocols and methods. | | | Migration — Given the majority of Executive Department agencies currently use office applications such as MS Office, Lotus Notes and WordPerfect that produce documents in proprietary formats, the magnitude of the migration effort to this new open standard is considerable. |
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http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000937.html
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| | OEBPS (Open Ebook Forum Publication Structure) 1.0 |
| | None in relation to publication structure and component files in the core OEB formats (XML, CSS, JPEG, PNG). | | | The standard comprises a set of files, including a mandatory package file, which incorporates a manifest listing all the other component files and a spine, which indicates logical reading order. | | | Among the preferred XML-based formats for textual works. |
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http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000054.shtml
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| | OASIS Okays Open Source Open Doc Format for Office Apps- ADTmag.com |
| | OpenDocument has been designed as a package concept, enabling it to be used as a default file format for office applications with no increase in file size or loss of data integrity. | | | OpenDocument is a royalty-free, XML-based file format that covers features required by text, spreadsheets, charts and graphical documents. | | | Sun Microsystems submitted OpenOffice.org to OASIS in 2002 with the intent that it would become freely available to developers and users of any office software application. |
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http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=11187
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| | The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) |
| | Hopefully this new open format will lead to better integration between word processing suites (meaning that iWork and Office would be able to produce the same exact file type without skipping a beat). | | | Don't know about that, but I do know the European Union has said that suppliers of Office software must provide open standards-based file formats to prevent the data being lost in the future because software is no longer compatible. | | | Is this the same format that was proposed a while back when someone (I can't remember who it was) declared that MS's proposed XML format was merely a text wrapper for the same ol' MS binary format, but wrapped in XML so that it can say it's XML? |
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http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/03/office-xml
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| | LWN: Microsoft Challenges Massachusetts on Open-Format Plan (eWeek) |
| | The whole idea of open standards is that anyone with enough time and skill can implement them and that independent implementations will interoperate. | | | Had MS provided a good license for their format, their format might have been considered. | | | The OOo format has been around for a while, with millions of people using it, so it has demonstrated robustness. |
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http://lwn.net/Articles/151910
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| | Massachusetts mandates open-format docs, edges toward Linux |
| | CIO Peter Quinn challenged Microsoft and other companies who sell software that uses proprietary document formats to consider enabling open-format options as soon as possible. | | | Quinn said the state runs a "vast majority" of its office and system computers on Windows and that "only a very small percentage of them run Linux and other open source software at this time. | | | The state of Massachusetts will revamp its digital output during the next 16 months to create only open-format documents and is increasing its use of Linux and free and open source software (FOSS) among its workers, the state's chief information officer told DesktopLinux.com Thursday in a conference call. |
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3926478427.html
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| | Macromedia - Player Licensing |
| | The SWF output from the Licensee software must create content which renders error free in the latest publicly available version of Macromedia Flash Player. | | | This license grants the access to the Flash Search Engine SDK for incorporating into software applications functionality to index and process SWF files. | | | This SDK helps ISV's create software products that output to the Macromedia Flash file format (SWF). |
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http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/open/licensing/fileformat
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| | Open Content Syndication Directory Format (Version 0.4) |
| | Each channel can have multiple formats such as RSS versions 0.90 or 0.91, Plain Text, Avantgo, WML or Scripting News format format as well as separate publishing schedules or languages. | | | The Open Content Directory Format is intended to provide a concise, machine readable-listing of a set of syndicated channels. | | | Each OCS file contains information about the directory itself and sub sections for each of the content channels available at that site. |
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http://internetalchemy.org/ocs/directory.html
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| | PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Home Site |
| | PNG (pronounced "ping") is the Portable Network Graphics format, a format for storing bitmapped (raster) images on computers. | | | Since GIF had been showing its age in a number of ways even prior to that, the announcement only catalyzed the development of a new and much-improved replacement format. | | | If you're using a Windows version of Netscape Navigator and want to print this page (and still be able to read it), click on the png-printable link at the very bottom of this page. |
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http://www.libpng.org/pub/png
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| | Open Data Format Initiative |
| | 06/08: The Business Case for Open Data Formats (0) | | | 05/17: Some Writing on Open Data Formats (0) | | | 05/15: Oregon and Texas: Stealth Open Data Format Laws? |
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http://odfi.org
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| | International Digital Publishing Forum (formerly Open eBook Forum) |
| | Our members consist of academic, trade and professional publishers, hardware and software companies, digital content retailers, libraries, educational institutions, accessibility advocates and related organizations whose common goals are to advance the competitiveness and exposure of digital publishing. | | | The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. | | | The Open eBook Forum (OeBF) changes name to the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) |
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| | Microsoft adopts open XML format |
| | Microsoft announced significantly enhanced XML formats for its MS Excel and MS Word programmes, in order to improve file and data management, data | | | The company said that the XML format in Office would help users do more business through the web. | | | Users of open source programmes, Star Office and Open Office, would find improved interoperability with Office 12, since Microsoft plans to offer its XML format free of cost. |
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http://www.gameshout.com/news/062005/article860.htm
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| | Why use open formats? :: openformats.org |
| | openformats.org is a collaborative documentation project on the definition and use of open formats and public standards, and related technical, economical and political issues. | | | This document is also available as a single long page. |
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http://www.openformats.org/main
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| | Vorbis.com |
| | View our list of 3rd Party Software that uses Vorbis. | | | Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. | | | To obtain the source code, please see the xiph download page. |
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http://www.vorbis.com
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