State's move to open document formats still not a mass migration

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:58:11 -0000

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Eric Lai keesp pokign at that Massachusetts hornets nest. One of these days he's going to crack it open, and it will be back to square one for the ODF Community. Still missing from his research is the infoamous 300 page pilot study and accompanying web site where comments and professional observations document a year long study concernign the difficulties of implementing ODF solutions and making the migration. 

The study was focused on OpenOffice, StarOffice, Novell Office, and a IBM WorkPlace prototype. 

The results of the year long pilot have never seen the public light of day. But ComputerWorld is one of the media orgs that successfully filed a court action to invoke the freedom of information act in Massachusetts. How come they can't find the Pilot Study? 

At the end of the pilot study period, Massachusetts issued their infamous RFi; the request for information regarding the possiblity of a ODF plugin for MSOffice! Meaning, the Pilot Study did not go well for the heroes of ODF - OpenOffice, StarOffice, Novell Office and WorkPlace. Instead, Massachusetts sought an ODF plugin that would no doubt extend the life of MSOffice for years to come. No rip out and replace here folks! 

~ge~
posted by garyedwards

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

Only a tiny fraction of the PCs at Massachusetts government agencies are able to use the Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications, despite an initial deadline of this month for making sure that all state agencies could handle the file format.

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EU-IDABC ODEF Workshop 2007 in Berlin - Documentation - presentations

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:41:55 -0000

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ODF officially died on February 28, 2007, at the Advanced eGovernment Conference in Berlin. Hellow ODEF
posted by garyedwards

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IDABC ODEF Workshop 2007 in Berlin

As information exchange in and with public administrations is very often bound to documents, editing, archiving and exchange possibilities for documents are crucial for the optimum function of administrations, both in terms of practicality and cost.

Initiatives such as the PEGSCO Recommendations on Open Document Formats published by the IDABC Management Committee, demonstrate public administrations preference for "open" document exchange and storage formats that are subject to formal standardisation via international standardisation procedures.

The primary objectives of the Berlin event, held at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), were to:

compile further input from Member State public administrations on their experiences and strategies on ODEF
gather industry viewpoints on the initiatives relating to ODEF standardization and information on future standardisation developments
provide a platform for exchange between stakeholders in public administrations and main industry players

The program of the workshop included, among other:

ODEF Strategies: Examples from European Administration
Practical Experiences with the implementation of ODEF
Report on ODEF-Standardisation activities
4 parallel sessions with participants
A panel discussion with stakeholders

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State's move to open document formats still not a mass migration

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