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ODF Annual Report 2007

Released 03/01/2008

I. Introduction

The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance) is an organization of governments, academic institutions, associations and industry dedicated to educating policy makers, IT administrators and the public on the benefits and opportunities of ODF. Launched in March 2006, the ODF Alliance now has over 480 member organizations in 53 countries.

ODF is the only open, vendor-neutral standard for document formats. Developed and maintained in a transparent, multi-stakeholder process at OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), ODF is an open, XML-based document format for displaying, storing and editing office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, and presentations. It is available for implementation and use free from any licensing, royalty payments, or other restrictions. ODF was approved unanimously as an international standard (ISO 26300:2006) in May 2006¹.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of key developments in 2007: government adoptions (Section III); applications support (Section IV); enhancements to ODF (Section V); and the publication of white papers, analyses and other resources (Section VI).