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This is the official community gathering place and information resource for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300). Suitable for text, spreadsheets, charts, graphs, presentations, and databases, ODF frees documents from their applications-of-origin, enabling them to be exchanged, retrieved, and edited with any OpenDocument-compliant software or tool. This is a community-driven site, and the public is encouraged to contribute content.

OASIS Creates Discussion List for Document Standards Interoperability TC

An open discussion list has been created to explore interest in forming an OASIS Document Standards Interoperability Technical Committee. The proposed TC is intended to address the development and documentation of scenarios for cross-standard content sharing; a specification for  an interoperability framework, including mappings from participating standard formats to the framework; and requirements on participating standards to improve interoperability.

The new discussion list is open to members and non-members and may last up to 90 days.

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Malaysia suspends ODF approval process: Sirim BHD's head wants end to feuding between ODF, Open XML advocates

By Eric Lai, Computerworld

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Standards divide European archives

By Kevin J. O'Brien, International Herald Tribune

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Tabletop Opportunity at OpenDocument Workshop, 18 April


OASIS OpenDocument Workshop Showcase - Held in conjunction with Symposium 2007
Wednesday, 18 April
San Diego, California
Tabletop Hours: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Showcase your support for OpenDocument by participating in the table-top
displays at the upcoming OASIS OpenDocument Workshop. This half-day event
offers a low-cost opportunity to reach a highly targeted audience of users
and influencers from both the public and private sectors -
www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/wednesday-friday.php.

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OpenOffice.org Releases New Version of Free Software Alternative to Microsoft Office - Shareware Bea

The OpenOffice.org Community announced the release of OpenOffice.org 2.2, the latest version of the leading open-source office suite.

OpenOffice.org 2.2 is the project's first release in 2007, and reflects the community's commitment to offering enhancements and new features on a regular basis. OpenOffice.org 2.2 also protects users from newly discovered vulnerabilities, where users' PCs could be open to attack if they opened documents from, or accessed web sites set up by, malicious individuals.

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