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Open Stack: ISO Does The Unthinkable. How ISO approval of MSOffice-OOXML will break the Web

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:16:23 -0000

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A summary of my views on ISO approval of MSOffice-OOXML and the impact it will have on the futrue of the open web. posted by garyedwards

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In August of 2007 we dropped ODF as the da Vinci target conversion format, and moved to the W3C's Compound Document Format (CDF) with an ePUB wrapper.

The reason for this move is that we could not establish a reasonable degree of interoperability with OpenOffice ODF unless Sun supported the five generic eXtensions to ODF needed to hit the high fidelity conversion the da Vinci process is capable of.

Since da Vinci is a clone of the MSOffice OOXML compatibility Kit, we use the same internal conversion process where imbr (in-memory-binary-representation) is converted to another format: imbr <> OOXML or, imbr <> RTF.

While it's entirely compliant to eXtend ODF, without Sun's changes to OpenOffice ODF the application-platform-vendor independent interoperability end users expect would be meaningless.

The problem as we see it is this; it is impossible to do a high fidelity conversion between two application specific XML formats.

It is however quite possible to do a conversion between an application specific format and a generic (application-platform-vendor independent) format.

Tags: css davinci interoperability msoffice odf ooxml xaml xhtml

Posted by: garyedwards

Taking an incremental approach to SOA | Avoiding costly "rip out an dreplace"

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:04:16 -0000

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Excellent article from NetManage's Archie Roboostoff. He lays out all the difficulties and mistakes experienced with SOA efforts.
posted by garyedwards

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Current implementation issues
One of the biggest hurdles to implementing a realistic SOA is understanding what the business units and end users are doing today. This understanding is critical to the success of any SOA project since the new services must match exactly what each business unit is doing today. Neglecting these business processes and replacing them with individual services will most likely lead to hundreds of non-used services and frustrated business units.

Tags: cdf convergence davinci interoperability soa

Posted by: garyedwards

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

Tags: california davinci interop iso massachusetts oasis odef odf ooxml opendocument politics xml

Posted by: garyedwards

Government - Focus for an OS Desktop

Tue, 29 May 2007 16:52:25 -0000

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Government, to include Federal, State and Local, should be the prime focus for increasing open source desktop market share by vendors such as Novell, Redhat and Ubuntu. Why, because government is required to procure all product and services through an open, transparent and competitive process. As of today, few if any government organizations have complied with this requirement when it comes to purchases of desktop operating systems or productivity tools. In fact, until just recently there have not been competitive alternatives, but now there are. posted by garyedwards
Government, to include Federal, State and Local, should be the prime focus for increasing open source desktop market share by vendors such as Novell, Redhat and Ubuntu. Why, because government is required to procure all product and services through an open, transparent and competitive process. As of today, few if any government organizations have complied with this requirement when it comes to purchases of desktop operating systems or productivity tools. In fact, until just recently there have not been competitive alternatives, but now there are. posted by garyedwards

Tags: davinci government msoffice odf oss procurement

Posted by: garyedwards