by By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com
Massachusetts will begin using OpenDocument as the default document format later this year as planned, but it will be sticking with Microsoft Office in the near term, the state's top technology executive said.
The OpenDocument XML.org web site is not longer accepting new posts. Information on this page is preserved for legacy purposes only. For current information on ODF, please see the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee.
Welcome to OpenDocument XML.org.
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 OpenDocument Technical Committee
The OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) Technical Committee maintains and advances the OpenDocument format specification. The group includes Subcommittees for Accessibility, Formula, and Metadata and works closely with the OASIS ODF Adoption Committee. All interested parties are encouraged to participate in this work.
The OpenDocument Fellowship
The OpenDocument Fellowship is a volunteer organisation with members around the world. Its goal is to promote the use and development of the OpenDocument format. The Fellowship believes that open standards can create a level playing field where all software products can compete fairly. It supports the work of community volunteers in promoting, improving and providing user assistance for the OpenDocument OASIS Standard and software designed to operate on data in this format.
Wikipedia on OpenDocument
The free encyclopedia features an entry on OpenDocument that contains many useful links and references. Readers are invited to contribute.
ODF Alliance
The ODF Alliance works globally to educate policymakers, IT administrators and the public on the benefits and opportunities of the OpenDocument Format, to help ensure that government information, records and documents are accessible across platforms and applications, even as technologies change.