UK: Open document formats for government documents
July 23, 2014
Open document formats like PDF/A, HTML5 and ODF will become obligatory for government documents, minister announced.
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Alexandra Oettler has worked for years as a freelance journalist in the areas of software, print and media. Her work is regularly published in specialist journals on the subject of prepress in practice, software technology and financial developments in the publishing sector. She writes news and background reports for the online … Read more
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, announced on July 22, 2014 that open standards were selected for sharing and viewing government documents. The selected standards are: PDF/A and HTML for viewing documents and ODF for sharing or collaborating on government documents. These standards will come into effect straight away for all new projects.