New TechWatch report explores office document standards
From the news release:

Government agencies and the public sector in general are increasingly being required to provide easy access to electronic documents to all stakeholders, while at the same time not requiring them to purchase a particular software product in order to view or edit these documents. In effect, this means that achieving interoperability through the tacit acceptance of proprietary office file formats is becoming less acceptable.

The requirement to provide long term availability and archiving of documents is also encouraging a move away from proprietary file formats. There is an urgent need for co-ordinated, strategically informed action over the next five years. JISC and the wider further and higher education community, as part of the public sector, will be required to address these issues with respect to how they deal with the publication and transfer of electronic documents and files.

Direct to the Full Text TechWatch Report (49 pages; PDF)

Source: JISC

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