[odf-discuss] ODF in the EU

[Lars D. Noodén]

Hi, Daniel,

You might want to send along Sweden's parliamentary Motion 2005/06:Fi226 
to him:
 	http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=410&dok_id=GT02Fi226&rm=2005/06&bet=Fi226&autnid=605512
It's basically advancing open source and open standards.  It's long over 
due.  The archives had several related documents in the early 1990's 
heading in that direction, but when the MS wave hit, all that dried up.

If nothing else, the motion will help bring these issues back on the 
radar.  Unfortuantely it's proposed by the minority and the majority 
coalition may block it if for no other reason than its origin.  Though, 
historically Swedes tend to admire robber barons and that may become a 
factor...

-Lars

Lars Noodén
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Daniel Carrera wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Today I met SÞren Roug, he works for the EU, and is trying to grow the
> awareness of ODF from inside. He maintains the following website:
>
> http://www.eionet.europa.eu/software/opendocument
>
> SÞren is also interested in the Fellowship's development projects. I
> just gave him commit access to Subversion and he plans to contribute
> Python scripts to the odftools package. In particular:
>
> * mailodf: Email ODF file as HTML archive
> * odf2mht: Convert ODF to HTML archive
> * odf2war: Convert ODF to KDE web archive
> * odfoutline: Show outline of OpenDocument
> * xml2odf: Create ODF package from OpenDocument in XML form
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
>