ODF

Open Document Format

ISO IEC 26300 since 2006-05-03 http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20060503080915835

Native data format of OOo.

• [http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/03/HNfrenchodf_1.html|French gov't recommends standardizing on ODF]]
• Bruce Schneier: OpenDocument Format and the State of Massachusetts about it's security merits over with M$ XML

• Daniel Geer's warning in Massachusetts assaults monoculture about software monoculture came true http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20060523181724678

• groklaw's Comparision with M$ XML and a dissection of Microsoft's "Patent License" relevant here.
• groklaw on irregularities surrounding the swedish vote on open xml, which was invalidated 3 days later for that reason
• Belgium's Council of Ministers last month approved a proposal that requires federal government departments to use open file formats for exchanging documents. http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/03/1936224
• Texas:stating the goal of requiring Texas State agencies (including the executive branch, the legislature, the courts and the schools) to conduct their work in an open document format