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Vulindlela - Open the Path - ODF workshop update
"Just two weeks to go before the 2nd International ODF User Workshop — hosted by South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs in collaboration with the ODF Alliance — kicks off on October 9 in Pretoria. ODF has come of age in 2008. Since the first ODF workshop in Berlin in October 2007, many governments have moved from policy adoption and are now down the road to implementation. We have a great lineup of speakers from governments around the world who will share their successes and challenges in adopting the OpenDocument Format."
ODF | Workshop - Agenda
"Welcome to the site for the 2nd International ODF User Workshop on 9-10 October 2008 in Pretoria. The event, hosted by South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs in collaboration with the ODF Alliance, will bring together officials from governments around the world that have already made the move to ODF or are actively considering how best to utilize an open format to preserve access to documents and increase choice of software for governments and citizens alike – and save money in the process."
Tectonic » ‘The era of closed formats is dead’
"The South African e-documentation workgroup is hosting a number of the world’s most influential XML and open standards activists at the “XML in Government Workshop” next week. One of the key figures behind the event - and indeed behind much of the XML and digital standards work in South Africa - is Bob Jolliffe. A member of the South African department of science and technology, a founder of Freedom to Innovate South Africa (FTISA), and someone who has spent the best part of the past year arguing the merits and demerits of OOXML, he explains here how far the movement to open standards and XML in government has progressed."
ITWeb :XML in govt workshop scheduled [South Africa]
"The State IT Agency will host a free workshop to discuss XML standards in government, from 17 to 20 June, at the Tshwane University of Technology. Public sector adoption has been in the media spotlight over the last few months, with Open Document Format (ODF) becoming a local national standard. SA is also leading the appeal of the ratification of Microsoft Open XML."
InternetNews Realtime IT News - Can Microsoft Do the ISO Limbo?
"The South African appeal was all that was needed to suspend publication of OOXML – now known as IS2950 – as a bona fide standard until it is resolved. However, adding two more appeals with at least a few different issues to complain about will undoubtedly draw the process out."
Microsoft Office Standard Challenged By India, Brazil, South Africa -- Microsoft -- InformationWeek
"In a letter, members of a Brazilian technical committee said the process that led to OOXML's ISO ratification was flawed, in part because not all participants were given enough time to make their views heard."
OOXML revolt brewing? Three countries appeal ISO approval
"The OOXML controversy will apparently linger on in the aftermath of the ISO approval process and will likely continue to cast a cloud of uncertainty over Microsoft's format."
Microsoft's ODF support points to OOXML challenges
"Though OOXML (Open Office XML) was approved by the ISO on April 1, it continues to face impediments to widespread adoption. On Friday, it was revealed that South Africa is appealing ISO (International Organization for Standardization) approval of the standard. And earlier this week, New York state officially promoted ODF (OpenDocument Format) as a standard file format based on customer demand as it launched a new initiative for technology openness and open standards."
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