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  • ODF guerillas rally for document freedom

    Twenty-two organisations across 60 countries are taking part in DocumentFreedomDay (DFD) to raise awareness about what happens when formats are no longer supported by proprietary software.

  • Microsoft's OOXML 'choice' argument squashed

    Microsoft claims that Australia will benefit from "greater choice" if local standards bodies vote this week to accept the Office Open XML format as an ISO standard.

  • Open standards key to digital preservation

    Open standards allow the National Archives of Australia to store documents and safeguard against hardware, software and OS obsolescence.

  • Microsoft cops standards attack

    Microsoft has come under fire yet again for keeping its Office document standards proprietary. But the software giant claims it's open enough.

  • Govt 2.0 puts pressure on agencies

    The Government 2.0 taskforce released its draft report today on using technology to open up public sector information, recommending that agencies be judged on their ability to release public sector information.

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  • Data migration tough but essential for government dept

    The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) is no stranger to electronic record keeping, but in 2002 it realised that some of its most crucial information might soon become inaccessible.

  • Metadata drives WA legal eagles

    IT director Bob Berg tells ZDNet Australia how Western Australia's Department of Attorney-General and Corrective Services overcame complex document management for 40 separate Web sites.

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