"OpenDocument Foundation" drops support for ODF
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... and backs the W3C-format "CDF" instead, citing both technical and IP-related reasons.
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"OpenDocument Foundation" drops support for ODF
ggiedkeggiedke 1193914623|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

As Ryan Paul reports: "The group no longer feels that ODF is sufficiently open or flexible enough to best serve the needs of office software users. Instead, it's advocating the W3C's Compound Data Format. The CDF (not to be confused with NASA's Common Data Format, which has the same acronym) is intended to support integrated use of multiple markup languages and seems primarily based on on the use of XHTML and SVG. According to the OpenDocument Foundation, the CDF offers several advantages over ODF, including less risk of intellectual property encumberment, greater flexibility, and broader use of existing standards."

The full article at Ars Technica:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071031-opendocument-foundation-drops-support-for-odf-backs-obscure-w3c-format.html

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ggiedkeggiedke 1194707065|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Following up on the "OpenDocument Foundation"'s pronouncements favoring CDF over ODF, Andy Updegrove met with W3C's Chris Lilley, the "go-to guy guy at W3C to learn what W3C's CDF standard is all about." The upshot? Lilley says CDF can't replace ODF. " The one thing I'd really want your readers to know is that CDF […] was not created to be, and isn't suitable for use, as an office format. "

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071109070012244

In related news, Rob Weir takes addresses in detail the arguments brought forward by the OpenDocument Foundation and finds them wanting:

http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/10/cracks-in-foundation.html

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ggiedkeggiedke 1194875697|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

to conclude this thread of littlerelevance, I think it's appropriate to point out, that the "OpenDocument Foundation" meanwhile has apparently closed shop as noted on Slashdot. While the poster there still saw a good-bye message at http://opendocumentfoundation.us/, all I get now is a 404 error.

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