Document Freedom Day
Google, the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Sydney Linux User's Group are hosting an event for the first annual Document Freedom day on Wednesday 26th March at the Sydney Google offices. From the document freedom site:
"The Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a global day for Document Liberation with grassroots action for promotion of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general. The DFD was initiated and is supported by a group of organisations and companies, including, but not limited to the Free Software Foundation Europe, ODF Alliance, OpenForum Europe, IBM, Red Hat and Sun Microsystems, Inc. On 26 March 2008, the Document Freedom Day will provide a global rallying point for Document Liberation and Open Standards. It will literally give teams around the world the chance to "hoist the flag":"For more information about the event in Sydney, see here. At education.au we are keen to use, showcase and promote open standards in general, but we obviously have a specific interest in those that affect or can be utilised within education. This event in particular is well timed in terms of what is happening at the moment with open document formats and the standardisation process. Many will have heard about OOXML and possibly the fast tracking of the Draft International Standard 29500. However, if you are not, simply try googling OOXML. The debate over this issue is intense, to say the least. Trying to find an unbiased view can be challenging. Here are a couple of links that are worth reading but as with anything that is written, are written through the eyes of the writers/contributors. Cheers, Jerry
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