IW: New York State Looks At Open Formats For Documents
Submitted by BigBirdy on Wed, 2007-06-27 15:18. ::
" The issue pits Microsoft's XML-based Office formats against the OpenDocument Format supported by the Open Document Foundation. A bill supporting open formats for the storage of New York state governmental documents has been filed by the state's Governmental Operations Committee chairwoman, making the Empire State the latest state to enter the ongoing debate over XML format standards."

