Saksamaa LV valitsus asub juurutama ODF failivormingut
Saksamaa LV föderaalvalitsus otsustas hiljemalt aastaks 2010 kasutusele võtta ODF (ehk OpenDocument) failivormingu. Riigisekretär Dr. Hans Bernhard Beus, föderaalvalitsuse IT juht ja IT nõukogu esimees kommenteerisid seda ODF failivorminguga seotud otsust, kui “suurt sammu tarkvaratootjate vahelise konkurentsi tõstmisel, IT julgeoleku edendamisel ning andmetevahetuse ja koostöö parandamisel”.
Sellele Saksamaa LV valitsuse otsusele eelnes Saksa parlamendi (Bundestag) resolutsioon “konkurentsi suurendamisest, avatud dokumendistandardite ja avatud dokumendivahetusvormingute edendamisest”.
Staatssekretär Dr. Hans Bernhard Beus, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Informationstechnik und Vorsitzender des IT-Rats, bezeichnete die Entscheidung als „wichtigen Schritt, um den Wettbewerb zwischen den Software-Herstellern zu fördern, die IT-Sicherheit zu stärken und die Interoperabilität zu verbessern, denn offene Dokumentenformate werden vollständig und regelmäßig veröffentlicht.“
Bürgern, Unternehmen und anderen Verwaltungen wird damit künftig der Dokumentenaustausch mit der Bundesverwaltung auch im ODF-Format eröffnet. Die Behörden des Bundes werden spätestens ab Anfang 2010 in der Lage sein, diese Dokumente zu empfangen und zu versenden, zu lesen und auch zu bearbeiten.
Der IT-Rat setzt mit seiner Entscheidung den Beschluss des Deutschen Bundestages vom 5. Juli 2007 über den Antrag „Den Wettbewerb stärken, den Einsatz offener Dokumentenstandards und offener Dokumentenaustauschformate fördern“ um.
Praegusel hetkel on üle kogu maailma juba 16 riigi keskvalitsused nõudnud või formaalselt soovitanud ODF dokumendiformaadi kasutamist riiklike institutsioonide ja kodanike vahelises suhtluses.
ODF failivormingut toetavad kõik levinumad kontoritarkvaralahendused, nagu OpenOffice.org, Sun Microsystems StarOffice, Corel WordPrefect Office, Google Docs, KOffice ja paljud teised. Kahjuks on arengust hetkel maha jäänud Microsoft Office, kus ODF failide kasutamiseks tuleb esmalt installeerida Sun ODF pistikprogramm.
Germany Joins Growing Ranks of Governments Adopting ODF
Germany Joins Growing Ranks of Governments Adopting ODF
The ODF Alliance welcomed the decision by the Federal Government of Germany to implement use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) by federal agencies beginning in 2010.
“2008 will end on a high note, with Germany joining the growing ranks of governments that have adopted ODF,” said ODF Alliance managing director Marino Marcich. To date, 16 national and 8 provincial governments have now formally recommended or required the use of ODF by government agencies and with the public.(1)
According to the plan, German federal agencies will be able to receive, read, send and edit ODF documents beginning no later than 2010. State Secretary Dr. Hans Bernhard Beus, federal government IT officer and chairman of the IT Council, described the decision regarding ODF as “a major step to increase competition among software vendors, promote IT security, and improve interoperability.”(2) Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML), which is the default-format for its Office 2007 productivity suite, remains under review. The action comes on the heels of the 5 July 2007 request by the German Bundestag “to strengthen competitiveness, the use of open document standards and open document exchange formats should be promoted.”
“By supporting open IT standards such as ODF at the government level, and with several dozen powerful word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software products now supporting ODF, many of them available free of charge, the German federal government has demonstrated that it has a clear vision for promoting software choice, reducing costs, and ensuring access to public information,” said Marcich. “Longer term, this action, together with those of other governments, will promote interoperability and help put an end to the era of single-vendor lock-in.”
About the ODF Alliance:
The OpenDocument Format Alliance is an organization of governments, academic institutions, non-government organizations and industry leaders dedicated to educating policymakers, IT administrators and the public on the benefits and opportunities of ODF initiatives.
Germany Joins Growing Ranks of Governments Adopting ODF
“2008 will end on a high note, with Germany joining the growing ranks of governments that have adopted ODF,” said ODF Alliance managing director Marino Marcich. To date, 16 national and 8 provincial governments have now formally recommended or required the use of ODF by government agencies and with the public.(1)
According to the plan, German federal agencies will be able to receive, read, send and edit ODF documents beginning no later than 2010. State Secretary Dr. Hans Bernhard Beus, federal government IT officer and chairman of the IT Council, described the decision regarding ODF as “a major step to increase competition among software vendors, promote IT security, and improve interoperability.”(2) Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML), which is the default-format for its Office 2007 productivity suite, remains under review. The action comes on the heels of the 5 July 2007 request by the German Bundestag “to strengthen competitiveness, the use of open document standards and open document exchange formats should be promoted.”
“By supporting open IT standards such as ODF at the government level, and with several dozen powerful word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software products now supporting ODF, many of them available free of charge, the German federal government has demonstrated that it has a clear vision for promoting software choice, reducing costs, and ensuring access to public information,” said Marcich. “Longer term, this action, together with those of other governments, will promote interoperability and help put an end to the era of single-vendor lock-in.”