The Agency for the Development of Government Electronic Management and Information and Knowledge Society of Uruguay have now published their recommendation that public documents use either ODF or PDF. The former should be used for documents in the process of being edited and the latter for documents in final form. (To see a discussion of these document uses, see my May, 2006, blog entry.)
The recommendation document (PDF, Spanish; ODF, Spanish) states in the introduction
El presente documento fundamenta las razones por las que proponemos utilizar los estándares abiertos ODF y PDF para la creación, almacenamiento e intercambio de documentos de ofimática dentro de las instituciones estatales y en su relación con el resto de la sociedad.
or, roughly translated,
This paper lays the foundation for the reasons why we propose to use ODF and PDF open standards for the creation, storage and exchange of office documents within state institutions and their relationship with rest of society.
Also see:
- “Recommendation for ODF in Uruguay” (blog entry)
Why do I think that this recommendation will be overturned/ignored after a blitz attack of the MS mobile brigade?
We saw this happening in every state in the US and every country in the world that tried to standardize on ODF.
Winter
How the blitz attack of the MS mobile brigade plays out seems to be at least somewhat dependent on where that attack is taking place.
The notion of: american corporate imperialism and a dislike for the same, is alive and well in some parts of the world.
Why might one think such heretical thoughts, given the recent tactics displayed, re: the open XML fiasco at ISO?
In case that happens, someone will hopefully report.
It might never happen – but it’s a bloody good idea.
I must admit I’d never thought about making the
distinction of using ODF for work in progress then
a PDF for the finished article.
It is kind of obvious in it’s practicality and simplicity.
Response to William:
American corporate imperialism would get no where if the people running the “victimized” countries were a bit less crooked.