From: McLellan, Christine (ITD) [mailto:Christine.Mclellan@state.ma.us]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:22 PM
To: Cote, Alan (SEC); rdocktor@us.ibm.com; patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org; Hamel, Linda (ITD); Iheffan@goodwinproctor.com; dgheintz@us.ibm.com; shiser@cloud9.net; Douglas.Johnson@sun.com; Kirk.Klasson@novell.com; Micolonghi, Emily (ANF); jmacri@us.ibm.com; Boldman, Claudia (ITD); stuartm@microsoft.com; mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org; Nardone, Stephen (ITD); scott.k.peterson@hp.com; Phillips, Victoria (ITD); james.saliba@ca.com; leon.shiman@state.ma.us; sutor@us.ibm.com; Vaverchak, Timothy (ITD)
Subject: Open Format Meeting
I would like to thank each of you
again for your participation in our recent Open Formats Summit meeting. This
meeting was very helpful in helping us to draft a future direction for the
Commonwealth regarding open formats particularly as they relate to office
documents in the context of their importance for the current and future
accessibility of government records as well as the relative "openness" of the
format options available to us.
We
just published a new draft version of our Enterprise Technical Reference Model
for public review available at www.mass.gov/itd (see feature story in the
center of the page). The revised version of the Data Formats section begins on
page 16 and identifies the newly ratified OASIS Open Document Format for Office
Applications (OpenDocument) as our standard for office documents. Additional
open and acceptable formats are also identified for other types of documents.
Again, we would love to hear your comments and suggestions. Please forward your
comments to Standards@state.ma.us by September 9. I
would also appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about this public
review so we can get the broadest input possible. Thank
you.
Peter J. Quinn
Chief Information
Officer
Christine
McLellan
Chief of Staff & Organization
Development
State House, Room
373
Tel: 617-727-2040
