First draft proposal for the ODF Adoption TC homepage

[Erwin Tenhumberg <Erwin.Tenhumberg@Sun.COM>]

Dear Adoption TC members,

Below is a first draft proposal for extending/enhancing the
ODF Adoption TC homepage. I'd love to hear your input and
feedback!

Some content might be more appropriate for the XML.org
focus area if/once it gets created. In addition, I expect
some of the external links to get replaced by ODF Adoption
TC deliverables going forward. However, for now I'd love
to extend and improve our ODF Adoption TC homepage, so
that we can start providing the resources that potential
ODF adopters are looking for.

I'm looking forward to your comments!


Best regards,
Erwin



Overview
========
OASIS ODF Adoption Committee members collaborate to provide expertise 
and resources to educate the marketplace on the value of the 
OpenDocument OASIS Standard. By raising awareness of the benefits 
offered by a truly open file format—one that has been advanced and 
approved by an internationally recognized standards body—the Committee 
increases the demand for and availability of ODF-conforming products, 
resulting in a greater choice of tools and platforms and expanding the 
ODF community of users, suppliers, and developers.

For more information, see the TC Charter and FAQ.



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==========================
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Quotes and Endorsements
=======================

"To me, that document formats for "office" applications should be 
completely open, not hindered by patents, and not owned by a single 
vendor is just obvious. I wasn't brought up to think otherwise, and so 
this whole business around why everyone should be rushing to implement 
the new OASIS Open Document format standard is a big "duh" (that is, 
slap-yourself-in-the-head-obvious)."
- Bob Sutor, Vice President of Standards and Open Source

http://www-03.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/BobSutor?entry=open_document_formats_open_must


"If we wish, we can now draw a base-line across the productivity tools 
market and tell our suppliers we will not tolerate further competition 
and lock-in below that line. Innovation above that line is desirable - 
expected, even - but attempts to force upgrade, lock out competition, 
control my own use of my own data, are all now unacceptable. We have the 
tools of freedom in our hands. Time to use them."
- Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer, Sun Microsystems

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/webmink?entry=iso_26300


TBD: more/other quotes



News and Announcements
======================

TBD: official ISO approval announcement


18 April 2006
"OpenDocument Format Alliance Grows to 138 Members, Representing 30 
Countries"
http://www.odfalliance.org/press/AllianceRelease18April06.pdf


7 March 2006
"Governments, Users and Providers of Office Applications Unite to 
Advance Adoption of OpenDocument Format (ODF) OASIS Standard"
http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis-news-2006-03-07.php


3 March 2006
"Alliance Formed to Promote Improved Access to and Retrieval of 
Electronic Government Documents"
http://www.odfalliance.org/press/AllianceRelease3March06.pdf



Events
======

First ODF Adoption TC Face-2-face Meeting
San Francisco, CA, USA
10 May 2006
http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2006/tc_meetings.php


OASIS Open Standards Day Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany
8-9 November 2006
http://www.tekom.de/upload/alg/CfP%20OOSD.pdf


OpenOffice.org Conference 2006
Lyon, France
11-13 September 2006
http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/index.html



OpenDocument Format Roadmap
===========================

TC Roadmap Proposal
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200605/msg00005.html


"From Open Source to Open Standard: The OASIS OpenDocument Format"
Michael Brauer, XTech 2005
http://www.idealliance.org/proceedings/xtech05/papers/03-02-02/



Presentations and White Papers
==============================

"The adoption of, and migration to, OpenDocument in the public sector"
Erwin Tenhumberg, OASIS Adoption Forum, London, 18 October 2005
http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum_2005/proceedings.php


"Usage of the OpenDocument interfaces in OpenOffice.org Writer"
Florian Reuter, OpenOffice.org Conference 2005
http://ooocon.kiberpipa.org/media/index-day2.html



Vendor Support
==============

OASIS ODF TC Member List
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=office

OASIS ODF Adoption TC Member List
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=odf-adoption

ODF Alliance Member List
http://www.odfalliance.org/about.html



Application Support
===================

ODF Application Support Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument



Case Studies
============

StarOffice Migration at Bristol City Council (UK)
http://www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk/osacademy/our_partners/bristol-city-council/bristol-city-council


OpenOffice.org Migration at the City of Vienna (Austria)

    Project Website
    http://www.wien.gv.at/ma14/oss.html

    OpenOffice.org Conference Presentation:
    http://ooocon.kiberpipa.org/media/index-day2.html


OpenOffice.org Migration at the City of Haarlem (Netherlands)
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/3434/469


OpenOffice.org Market Share Analysis
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Market_Share_Analysis



Related Projects and Initiatives
================================

OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF) Technical Committee (TC)
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office

ODF Alliance
http://www.odfalliance.org

OpenDocument Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

OpenDocument Fellowship
http://opendocumentfellowship.org



Developer Resources
===================

OpenDocument Format Specification Document
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office

Perl Module OpenOffice-OODoc
http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenOffice-OODoc/

Online Book: "OASIS OpenDocument Essentials"
http://books.evc-cit.info/

OpenDocument Utilities
http://books.evc-cit.info/odf_utils/

OpenDocument Sample Documents
http://netmoc.cpe.ucf.edu/Projects/OpenDocument/TestSuite.html

OpenOffice.org XML Project
http://xml.openoffice.org/