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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.

Zoho Writer (beta) Supports ODF

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Open standards 'essential to Europe's IT future'

Open standards 'essential to Europe's IT future'
Tom Espiner
ZDNet UK
October 06, 2006, 14:35 BST

A high ranking French government official has called for open standards for software to be adopted by all European countries.

In a report to the French prime minister Dominique de Villepin, National Assembly deputy Bernard Carayon said that the adoption of standards to guarantee interoperability was essential to promote European business and competition.

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Massachusetts CIO quits

By Martin LaMonica Staff Writer, CNET News.com

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Mobile Office for Symbian devices released

 Odendahl SEPT-Solutions is delighted to announce the release of its newest Symbian application "Mobile Office". It is the first and only implementation of the Opendocument format for Symbian as well as any other mobile platform. With MobileOffice, you can now read (and later on edit and create) your files also on your smartphone and have them always with you.

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Proposal for an OpenDocument Developers Kit (ODDK)

Rob Weir seeks input on an essay that describes functionality to enhance the ability of application developers to become productive with ODF. 

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