<s>
The	O
Open	O
Document	O
Management	O
API	B-Application
is	O
an	O
API	B-Application
that	O
simplifies	O
the	O
communication	O
of	O
desktop	B-Application
applications	I-Application
with	O
document	O
management	O
systems	O
(	O
DMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODMA	B-Application
standardizes	O
the	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
DMS	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
getting	O
to	O
these	O
files	O
as	O
easy	O
as	O
if	O
the	O
files	O
were	O
in	O
the	O
actual	O
local	O
file	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODMA	B-Application
was	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
standardize	O
the	O
API	B-Application
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
desktop	B-Application
applications	I-Application
on	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
to	O
interface	O
with	O
back-end	O
,	O
server	O
based	O
document	O
management	O
systems	O
(	O
DMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
API	B-Application
specification	O
was	O
completed	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
by	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
DMS	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODMA	B-Application
has	O
subsequently	O
been	O
superseded	O
by	O
other	O
,	O
more	O
standard	O
ways	O
of	O
interfacing	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
or	O
CMIS	O
.	O
</s>
