[odf-discuss] Digital preservation awards

[Ian Lynch]

On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 12:18 +0100, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Saturday 03 March 2007 11:59, Lars D. Noodén wrote:
> > Yes, good catch.
> >
> > The Fellowship's work appears to be eligible, especially since
> > the point of the award is to highlight issues posed by long term
> > preservation of electronic information.  Both the work in promoting and
> > improving ODF fall into that category as well as the work in dealing with
> > the Ecma 376 problem.  Work inside or outside of the UK is fine, as long
> > as a case can be made as to the benefits for the UK.
> 
> So, basically you are saying that since the format ODF is a perfect way to 
> achieve the digital preservation concept, the fellowship should get honor for 
> the design and implementation of ODF because the fellowship has been 
> promoting it...
> 
> Did I get that right?

More or less. Or that work such as the document viewer contributes to
digital preservation through the use of ODF

Ian
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