| Massachusetts endorses Open XML |
Jul. 02, 2007
Massachusetts has done a 180-degree turn and decided to support Microsoft's Office Open XML format in addition to the OASIS Open Document Format. The commonwealth added Microsoft's format, also known as Ecma-376 or Open XML, to the list of approved standards in the Massachusetts' ETRM (Enterprise Technical Reference Model), an architectural framework used to identify the standards, specifications and technologies that support the state's computing environment. The commonwealth reviews and updates the manual every six months.
The fourth and latest version of the ETRM was released on July 2 by Bethann Pepoli, acting CIO of Massachusetts' Information Technology Division, for review and comment until July 20. The full review draft can be found here.
The addition is significant given that Massachusetts was the first state to say publicly that it planned to adopt the ODF (Open Document Format), an alternative to Microsoft's Open XML document format.
But that decision was controversial. Peter Quinn, CIO of the Information Technology Division, who championed that move, resigned in January 2006 due to personal attacks based in part on his support for ODF.
To read the rest of Peter Galli's eWEEK.com article, go here.
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