<s>
The	O
following	O
article	O
details	O
governmental	O
and	O
other	O
organizations	O
from	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
who	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
evaluating	O
the	O
suitability	O
of	O
using	O
(	O
adopting	B-Application
)	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
,	O
an	O
open	B-Application
document	I-Application
file	O
format	O
for	O
saving	O
and	O
exchanging	O
office	O
documents	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
edited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
(	O
ODF	B-Application
)	O
was	O
accepted	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
by	O
OASIS	O
in	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
ISO	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
as	O
standard	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300:2006	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
submitted	O
another	O
format	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
(	O
aka	O
OOXML	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
to	O
Ecma	O
International	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
accepted	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
specification	O
was	O
published	O
as	O
standard	O
ISO/IEC	B-Operating_System
29500:2008	I-Operating_System
in	O
November	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenDocument	B-Application
has	O
been	O
officially	O
approved	O
by	O
national	O
standards	O
bodies	O
of	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Croatia	O
,	O
Denmark	O
,	O
Ecuador	O
,	O
Hungary	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Malaysia	O
,	O
Russia	O
,	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
South	O
Africa	O
and	O
Sweden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NATO	O
with	O
its	O
28	O
members	O
(	O
Albania	O
,	O
Belgium	O
,	O
Bulgaria	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
Croatia	O
,	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
,	O
Denmark	O
,	O
Estonia	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Greece	O
,	O
Hungary	O
,	O
Iceland	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Latvia	O
,	O
Lithuania	O
,	O
Luxembourg	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Norway	O
,	O
Poland	O
,	O
Portugal	O
,	O
Romania	O
,	O
Slovakia	O
,	O
Slovenia	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
Turkey	O
,	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
USA	O
)	O
uses	O
ODF	B-Application
as	O
a	O
mandatory	O
standard	O
for	O
all	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
specifies	O
ODF	B-Application
as	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
"	O
working	O
office	O
document	O
formats	O
"	O
(	O
with	O
UTF-8/ASCII	O
text	O
and	O
comma-separated	O
values	O
data	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
alternatives	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
ODF	B-Application
is	O
a	O
national	O
standard	O
too	O
,	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
standard	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
government	O
departments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
South	O
African	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
standard	O
is	O
"	O
SANS	O
26300:2008/ISO/IEC	O
26300:2006	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
September	O
2008	O
all	O
departments	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
in	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
ODF	B-Application
will	O
become	O
the	O
default	O
document	O
format	O
for	O
South	O
African	O
government	O
departments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
latest	O
version	O
they	O
recommend	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
'	O
97	O
or	O
OpenOffice.org	O
v2.0	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
1.0	O
)	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
collaborative	O
editing	O
of	O
text	O
documents	O
,	O
spreadsheets	O
and	O
slideshow	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chandershekhar	O
,	O
India	O
's	O
secretary	O
of	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Information	O
and	O
Technology	O
,	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
are	O
glad	O
to	O
note	O
that	O
with	O
formation	O
of	O
a	O
National	O
ODF	B-Application
alliance	O
,	O
India	O
too	O
would	O
be	O
playing	O
a	O
pivotal	O
role	O
in	O
spearheading	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
huge	O
potential	O
of	O
eGovernance	O
in	O
the	O
nation	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
adopt	O
open	O
standards	O
to	O
make	O
our	O
data	O
systems	O
more	O
inter-operable	O
and	O
independent	O
of	O
any	O
limiting	O
proprietary	O
tools	O
,	O
we	O
feel	O
that	O
ODF	B-Application
is	O
a	O
great	O
technological	O
leap	O
and	O
a	O
big	O
boon	O
to	O
further	O
propel	O
IT	O
right	O
to	O
India	O
's	O
grass	O
root	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Allahabad	O
High	O
Court	O
of	O
India	O
has	O
decided	O
,	O
as	O
policy	O
,	O
to	O
use	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
for	O
its	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
decided	O
that	O
open	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
ODF	B-Application
would	O
be	O
followed	O
in	O
e-governance	O
projects	O
to	O
avoid	O
proprietary	O
lock	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
Japan	O
published	O
a	O
new	O
interoperability	O
framework	O
which	O
gives	O
preference	O
to	O
the	O
procurement	O
of	O
products	O
that	O
follow	O
open	O
standards	O
including	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
2	O
the	O
government	O
declared	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
n't	O
stop	O
from	O
adopting	B-Application
alternative	O
document	O
formats	O
,	O
because	O
they	O
hold	O
the	O
view	O
that	O
formats	O
like	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
which	O
other	O
organizations	O
such	O
as	O
Ecma	O
International	O
and	O
ISO	O
had	O
also	O
approved	O
was	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
standard	O
,	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
The	O
Malaysian	O
government	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
adopt	O
open	O
standards	O
and	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
ODF	B-Application
)	O
within	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
public	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
April	O
2008	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ODF	B-Application
is	O
mandatory	O
within	O
the	O
public	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
South	O
Korean	O
government	O
adopted	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Korean	O
Industrial	O
Standards	O
KS	O
X	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
,	O
but	O
public	O
documents	O
are	O
still	O
made	O
and	O
distributed	O
in	O
.hwp	B-Operating_System
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
regulation	O
of	O
legislation	O
about	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
since	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Already	O
in	O
2009	O
ODF	B-Application
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
official	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
only	O
from	O
2014	O
large	O
scale	O
migrations	O
to	O
ODF	B-Application
(	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
freedom	O
of	O
choice	O
that	O
brought	O
)	O
to	O
LibreOffice	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
Commission	O
has	O
,	O
since	O
at	O
least	O
2003	O
,	O
been	O
investigating	O
various	O
options	O
for	O
storing	O
documents	O
in	O
an	O
XML-based	O
format	O
,	O
commissioning	O
technical	O
studies	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Valoris	O
Report	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
Telematics	O
between	O
Administrations	O
Committee	O
(	O
TAC	O
)	O
asked	O
an	O
OpenOffice	O
team	O
and	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
team	O
to	O
present	O
on	O
the	O
relative	O
merits	O
of	O
their	O
XML-based	O
office	O
document	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Industry	O
actors	O
not	O
currently	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
OASIS	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
consider	O
participating	O
in	O
the	O
standardisation	O
process	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
encourage	O
a	O
wider	O
industry	O
consensus	O
around	O
the	O
format	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
considers	O
issuing	O
a	O
public	O
commitment	O
to	O
publish	O
and	O
provide	O
non-discriminatory	O
access	O
to	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
its	O
WordML	B-Operating_System
specifications	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
should	O
consider	O
the	O
merits	O
of	O
submitting	O
XML	B-Protocol
formats	O
to	O
an	O
international	O
standards	O
body	O
of	O
their	O
choice	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Industry	O
is	O
encouraged	O
to	O
provide	O
filters	O
that	O
allow	O
documents	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
WordML	B-Operating_System
specifications	O
and	O
the	O
emerging	O
OASIS	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
to	O
be	O
read	O
and	O
written	O
to	O
other	O
applications	O
whilst	O
maintaining	O
a	O
maximum	O
degree	O
of	O
faithfulness	O
to	O
content	O
,	O
structure	O
and	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenDocument	B-Application
was	O
proposed	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
exchanging	O
office	O
documents	O
such	O
as	O
texts	O
,	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
presentations	O
within	O
the	O
federal	O
civil	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
every	O
federal	O
government	O
department	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
accept	O
and	O
read	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finland	O
's	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Justice	O
has	O
chosen	O
OpenOffice.org	O
and	O
thus	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
as	O
their	O
main	O
document	O
format	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
was	O
made	O
after	O
deep	O
research	O
of	O
ODF	B-Application
possibilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
French	O
government	O
's	O
RGI	O
(	O
general	O
interoperability	O
framework	O
)	O
,	O
ODF	B-Application
is	O
the	O
"	O
recommended	O
format	O
for	O
office	O
documents	O
within	O
French	O
administrations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OOXML	B-Operating_System
is	O
tolerated	O
for	O
"	O
information	O
exchange	O
needs	O
through	O
tables	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
Bundesländer	O
,	O
state	O
and	O
goverenmental	O
offices	O
and	O
cities	O
widely	O
use	O
products	O
that	O
support	O
ODF	B-Application
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2008	O
the	O
governmental	O
IT-Board	O
of	O
the	O
Bundesregierung	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
ODF-Format	O
in	O
the	O
Federal	O
administration	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
improve	O
IT-security	O
and	O
interoperability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Federal	O
Foreign	O
Office	O
has	O
migrated	O
totally	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ODF	B-Application
formats	O
also	O
in	O
the	O
250	O
foreign	O
offices	O
abroad	O
(	O
it	O
has	O
reduced	O
its	O
IT	O
costs	O
to	O
a	O
third	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
other	O
Ministries	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
message	O
to	O
the	O
participants	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
international	O
ODF-workshop	O
in	O
October	O
2007	O
the	O
Federal	O
Foreign	O
Minister	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
completely	O
open	O
and	O
ISO	O
standardized	O
format	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
vehicle	O
for	O
the	O
free	O
exchange	O
of	O
knowledge	O
and	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
globalized	O
age.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Federal	O
office	O
for	O
security	O
in	O
IT	O
(	O
Bundesamt	O
für	O
Sicherheit	O
in	O
der	O
Informationstechnik	O
)	O
uses	O
with	O
StarOffice	B-Application
on	O
all	O
computers	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
format	O
in	O
a	O
cast	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
September	O
2007	O
all	O
communications	O
with	O
the	O
Federal	O
Court	O
of	O
Justice	O
(	O
Bundesgerichtshof	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Federal	O
Patent	O
Court	O
(	O
Bundespatentgericht	O
)	O
may	O
be	O
transmitted	O
in	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Federal	O
agencies	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
receive	O
,	O
read	O
,	O
send	O
and	O
edit	O
ODF	B-Application
documents	O
beginning	O
no	O
later	O
than	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
Germany	O
's	O
Standards	O
and	O
Architectures	O
for	O
eGovernment	O
Applications	O
4.0	O
(	O
SAGA	O
4.0	O
)	O
,	O
ODF	B-Application
recommended	O
for	O
editable	O
text	O
documents	O
,	O
a	O
multi-stakeholder	O
initiative	O
that	O
recommends	O
and	O
mandates	O
standards	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
federal	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
City	O
of	O
Freiburg	O
in	O
Baden-Württemberg	O
uses	O
OpenOffice.org	O
and	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
City	O
of	O
Munich	O
in	O
Bavaria	O
has	O
already	O
migrated	O
14000	O
desktops	O
to	O
OpenOffice.org	O
and	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
while	O
migrating	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
to	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Italian	O
standardization	O
organization	O
adopted	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
(	O
ODF	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
)	O
on	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2007	O
(	O
UNI	O
CEI	O
ISO/IEC	O
26300:2007	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Italian	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Defence	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
standardise	O
on	O
ODF	B-Application
and	O
install	O
LibreOffice	O
on	O
150,000	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2009	O
onwards	O
,	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
format	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
reading	O
,	O
publishing	O
and	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
information	O
for	O
all	O
governmental	O
organisations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norway	O
's	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Government	O
Administration	O
and	O
Reform	O
decided	O
in	O
December	O
2007	O
that	O
ODF	B-Application
(	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
)	O
MUST	O
be	O
used	O
from	O
2009	O
when	O
publishing	O
documents	O
that	O
are	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
changed	O
after	O
downloading	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2010	O
it	O
is	O
mandatory	O
for	O
all	O
government	O
agencies	O
to	O
use	O
document	O
formats	O
(	O
PDF	O
or	O
)	O
ODF	B-Application
when	O
exchanging	O
documents	O
as	O
attachments	O
to	O
e-mail	O
between	O
government	O
and	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Portuguese	O
Parliament	O
discussed	O
a	O
bill	O
proposed	O
by	O
the	O
PCP	O
)	O
determining	O
that	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
open	O
standard	O
formats	O
–	O
namely	O
ODF	B-Application
–	O
shall	O
be	O
mandatory	O
within	O
all	O
public	O
administration	O
agencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
mandatory	O
standards	O
was	O
published	O
:	O
ODF	B-Application
version	O
1.1	O
becomes	O
obligatory	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
heated	O
discussions	O
about	O
adopting	B-Application
Free	O
Software	O
and	O
Open	O
Standards	O
in	O
Romanian	O
public	O
administration	O
-	O
especially	O
at	O
-	O
the	O
Romanian	O
passed	O
no	O
official	O
bill	O
to	O
enforce	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Open	O
Standards	O
,	O
particularly	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
and	O
OpenDocument-capable	B-Application
software	I-Application
are	O
widely	O
used	O
,	O
not	O
only	O
by	O
enthusiasts	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
businesses	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
including	O
large	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Romanian	O
government	O
agencies	O
,	O
mayoralties	O
,	O
courts	O
,	O
notaries	O
,	O
insurance	O
firms	O
,	O
accountants	O
,	O
engineers	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Russian	O
standardization	O
organization	O
Federal	O
Agency	O
on	O
Technical	O
Regulating	O
and	O
Metrology	O
adopted	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300	I-Application
as	O
national	O
standard	O
GOST	O
R	O
ISO/IEC	O
26300-2010	O
( ГОСТ	O
Р	O
ИСО/МЭК	O
26300-2010	O
)	O
on	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
the	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
19005	I-General_Concept
-	O
Electronic	O
document	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
long-term	O
preservation	O
(	O
PDF/A	B-General_Concept
format	O
)	O
for	O
official	O
electronic	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Slovakia	O
,	O
all	O
public	O
authorities	O
should	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
ODF	B-Application
format	O
since	O
August	O
2006	O
and	O
can	O
use	O
this	O
format	O
for	O
electronic	O
communication	O
and	O
for	O
publication	O
of	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
public	O
authorities	O
must	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
text	O
documents	O
in	O
ODF	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
public	O
authorities	O
must	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
text	O
documents	O
in	O
ODF	B-Application
format	O
up	O
to	O
version	O
1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
documents	O
in	O
ODF	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
format	O
are	O
allowed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
electronic	O
signature	O
and	O
qualified	O
electronic	O
signature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Create	O
and	O
save	O
in	O
ODF	B-Application
(	O
manipulable	O
)	O
or	O
PDF/A	B-General_Concept
(	O
static	O
)	O
format	O
all	O
documents	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
exchanged	O
with	O
other	O
government	O
entities	O
or	O
with	O
citizens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sweden	O
has	O
published	O
ODF	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
as	O
a	O
national	O
in	O
August	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Create	O
and	O
save	O
in	O
ODF	B-Application
or	O
PDF	O
format	O
all	O
documents	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
exchanged	O
with	O
other	O
government	O
entities	O
or	O
with	O
citizens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
government	O
indicated	O
it	O
will	O
support	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ODF	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
(	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300:2006	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
document	O
highly	O
recommends	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
and	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
formats	O
for	O
office	O
document	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
UK	O
Government	O
formally	O
adopted	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
for	O
document	O
exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bristol	O
City	O
Council	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
using	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
adopted	O
the	O
StarOffice	B-Application
suite	O
in	O
2005	O
and	O
with	O
it	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
across	O
5500	O
desktop	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
swapped	O
back	O
to	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
about	O
4	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
the	O
Argentinian	O
Province	O
of	O
Misiones	O
decided	O
via	O
decrete	O
that	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ODF	B-Application
shall	O
be	O
mandatory	O
within	O
the	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
"	O
e-Ping	O
Interoperability	O
Framework	O
"	O
,	O
Brazil	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
South	O
American	O
country	O
to	O
officially	O
recommend	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
OpenDocuments	B-Application
within	O
the	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
April	O
2008	O
ODF	B-Application
is	O
a	O
national	O
standard	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
coded	O
as	O
NBRISO/IEC26300	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
parties	O
,	O
including	O
local	O
governments	O
,	O
companies	O
and	O
non-governmental	O
organizations	O
have	O
signed	O
into	O
the	O
Brasília	O
Protocol	O
,	O
which	O
formalize	O
intentions	O
and	O
set	O
goals	O
for	O
adopting	B-Application
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Document	I-Application
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
June	O
2008	O
the	O
"	O
Agency	O
for	O
the	O
Development	O
of	O
Government	O
Electronic	O
Management	O
and	O
Information	O
and	O
Knowledge	O
Society	O
of	O
Uruguay	O
"	O
recommends	O
that	O
public	O
documents	O
use	O
either	O
ODF	B-Application
or	O
PDF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ODF	B-Application
should	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
documents	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
being	O
edited	O
and	O
the	O
latter	O
for	O
documents	O
in	O
final	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
office	I-Application
products	O
are	O
widely	O
used	O
by	O
all	O
levels	O
of	O
governments	O
in	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
United	O
States	O
state	O
of	O
Massachusetts	O
has	O
been	O
examining	O
its	O
options	O
for	O
implementing	O
XML-based	O
document	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
state	O
to	O
formally	O
endorse	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
formats	I-Application
for	O
its	O
public	O
records	O
and	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
reject	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
new	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
,	O
now	O
standardized	O
as	O
ISO/IEC	B-Operating_System
29500:2008	I-Operating_System
—	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
nearly	O
100%	O
market	O
share	O
among	O
the	O
state	O
's	O
employees	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
formats	I-Application
until	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
of	O
Office	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
had	O
indicated	O
that	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
formats	I-Application
will	O
not	O
be	O
supported	O
in	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
Office	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
they	O
support	O
many	O
other	O
formats	O
(	O
including	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
and	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
analysts	O
believe	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
easy	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Microsoft	O
chooses	O
not	O
to	O
implement	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
will	O
disqualify	O
themselves	O
from	O
future	O
consideration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
analysts	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Ovum	O
)	O
believe	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
will	O
eventually	O
support	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
July	O
2006	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
support	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
and	O
create	O
a	O
plugin	O
to	O
allow	O
Office	O
to	O
save	O
to	O
ODF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
announcement	O
by	O
Massachusetts	O
supporting	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
,	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
and	O
organizations	O
spoke	O
up	O
about	O
the	O
policy	O
,	O
both	O
pro	O
and	O
con	O
(	O
see	O
the	O
references	O
section	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
claimed	O
that	O
Massachusetts	O
 '	O
policy	O
established	O
"	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
preference	O
for	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
"	O
though	O
both	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
proprietary	O
software	O
can	O
implement	O
the	O
specification	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
kinds	O
of	O
developers	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
creating	O
the	O
standard	O
(	O
CAGW	O
,	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
InternetNews	B-Application
and	O
Linux	O
Weekly	O
News	O
noted	O
that	O
CAGW	O
has	O
received	O
funding	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
in	O
2001	O
CAGW	O
was	O
caught	O
running	O
an	O
astroturfing	O
campaign	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
when	O
two	O
letters	O
they	O
submitted	O
supporting	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
anti-trust	O
case	O
were	O
found	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
signatures	O
of	O
deceased	O
persons	O
(	O
Linux	O
Weekly	O
News	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pacheco	O
held	O
a	O
hearing	O
on	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
topic	O
of	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pacheco	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
to	O
be	O
declared	O
as	O
the	O
executive	O
branch	O
standard	O
,	O
primarily	O
on	O
procedural	O
grounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pacheco	O
also	O
did	O
not	O
like	O
the	O
process	O
used	O
to	O
select	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Updegrove	O
said	O
that	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
"	O
Senator	O
Pacheco	O
does	O
n't	O
understand	O
the	O
difference	O
between	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
open	O
standards	O
(	O
and	O
certainly	O
does	O
n't	O
understand	O
the	O
difference	O
between	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
and	O
OpenOffice	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pacheco	O
also	O
thought	O
that	O
OpenOffice.org	O
was	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
but	O
in	O
fact	O
it	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
(	O
Jones	O
,	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2005	O
)	O
(	O
Jones	O
,	O
November	O
14	O
,	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
attempted	O
to	O
halt	O
implementation	O
of	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
in	O
the	O
executive	O
branch	O
via	O
an	O
amendment	O
(	O
to	O
S	O
.	O
2256	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
amended	O
bill	O
was	O
never	O
sent	O
to	O
the	O
governor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
in	O
2007	O
Massachusetts	O
has	O
its	O
approved	O
technical	O
standards	O
list	O
to	O
include	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
