[odf-discuss] OpenDocument traps, was: UPGRADE monograph about OpenDocument and OOXML

[M. Fioretti]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 10:43:14 AM -0700, marbux (marbux at gmail.com)
wrote:

> You might take another look at the inclusion of electronic signatures
> on the hit list.

No need, thanks. That is a list of objects which _offer_ an entry
point to ways to lock the whole document into proprietary
technologies. It is not a list of objects that should be _avoided_
into ODF files. I have never said that, either in the article or in
the post I announced today. I am only warning that _proprietary_ (*)
implementations of those objects must be avoided.

> Laws *require* many classes of documents to be electronically signed
> as a condition of submitting them in electronic format.

Of course, nothing against that

> Personally, I believe the use of electronic signatures should be
> encouraged in many situations rather than discouraged.

Same here.

	Ciao,
	Marco

(*) in the broader sense described in my answers to Thomas.

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