Dear Rob, It is very informative and include the same in the page With Warm Regards
V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 914422396480 On 1 March 2013 21:34, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote: > > The http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Dfd gives very few information how > > OpenOffice uses the open standard file format. By reading the page, I am > > not sure whether all the files of AOO are of open standard. The page can > be > > added with few more information, in what direction the open standard file > > formats are available. Is there any file format for drawings , paintings, > > video, audio etc. > > > > The ODF standard handles the main formats used by OpenOffice applications: > > *.odt = text documents > *.ods = spreadsheets > *.odp = presentations > > (There are others as well, but less common) > > "Open standard" has different meanings, which you can see here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard > > But generally it means 1) It is a published standard, and 2) It does > not require payment of royalties in order to implement it. > > There are many standards out there that are not open. For example > MP3 audio has several patents on it, and a device manufacturer that > implements MP3 must pay royalties. > > But most of the common web standards, including all those from the > W3C, are open standards. The ODF document format standard is also > open. > > OpenOffice also implements some formats that are not open standards. > For example, the old binary format from Microsoft, the doc/xls/ppt > formats. Although these don't require royalty payments, they are not > standards, since they have not been reviewed/approved by any standards > organization. So they are not "open standards". > > The advantage of open standards is that it encourages competition > since everyone has access to the technical information as well as > rights to implement the standard. This is quite common today, but it > was not always this way. For example, back around 2000 we didn't have > good documentation on Microsoft file formats. And the only > information available had a restriction on it, that it could not be > used by anyone was creating a competing application. So this lead to > "lock-in", where the user had to continue buying Microsoft Office in > order to have access to their own documents. It was a lot of hard > work, especially in Europe where the EC got involved, but now open > standards are the norm for document formats. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > > With Warm Regards > > > > V.Kadal Amutham > > 919444360480 > > 914422396480 > > > > > > On 28 February 2013 01:35, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> > On 1) Can I suggest we make the graphic change maybe 3-5 days > before > >> DFD. > >> >> > Make an earlier blog post letting people know its coming up. We > >> should go > >> >> > viral before the day. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> I agree. Even though the actual even is on a specific day we'll get > >> >> more notice if we start a few days ahead of time. > >> >> > >> >> > I could create a small page about AOO and DFD and what it means to > us. > >> >> > Much like the download page, we can assign the social platform > >> meta-data > >> >> > image and text to the one we're promoting AOO with. We could then > >> link > >> >> it > >> >> > to the early and day-of blog posts. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> So the idea would be that visitors could like or share that page to > >> >> their social network? I like that idea. Anything that we can do to > >> >> turn it into a two-way engagement/sharing will be more effective than > >> >> simply broadcasting information in a single direction. > >> >> > >> >> For example, with IMLD, the actual blog post did not get much of a > >> >> response, but a simple Facebook post asking the question "How do you > >> >> say 'free software' in your Mother Language?" got 45 comments, 44 > >> >> likes, and 2 shares. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > - - - - - > >> >> > PAGE META DATA > >> >> > [Image=AOO-DFD-Doodle.png] > >> >> > [Title="Apache OpenOffice celebrates DFD, learn more here."] > >> >> > [Text="AOO is committed to support ODF standards so that everyone > can > >> >> > access their information independent of the tools and suites they > use. > >> >> > Learn more here."] > >> >> > > >> >> > IN TYPICAL OO.org PAGE TEMPLATE > >> >> > [Short brief about what it means to us. Benefits to society, talk > >> about > >> >> > owning your information and having the freedom to move to other > office > >> >> > suites and OS/Technology platforms. Talk about how we support > multiple > >> >> > platforms for that freedom. Windows to Linux to OS X] > >> >> > > >> >> > Let your friends know its document freedom day on March 27th: > >> >> > [Share Facebook] [Share Twitter] [Share Google+] > >> >> > >> > > >> > On previous DFD days, I coordinate a mini-site which include > description > >> of > >> > the DFD, how OpenOffice.org is benefit of open standards and our > >> commitment > >> > to suppor them, and finally a few quotes from people around the > community > >> > sharing their thoughts on DFD, and finally a few relevant links. > >> > > >> > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Dfd > >> > > >> > >> There is some good material here we can reuse. But, if I understand > >> the mechanisms correctly, we'll need to turn this into a standalone > >> HTML page, not a wiki page. For the social integration to work we > >> need to be able to control the page's <meta> tags in the header. > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Are you ready to be free? [Download Apache OpenOffice Today! > possibly > >> >> > href'd image] > >> >> > - - - - - > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> "Liberate your documents" is a common DFD expression we could work > >> with.. > >> >> > >> >> -Rob > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Samer > >> >> > > >> >> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and > >> >> >> interoperability in documents. OpenOffice has been a core part > of > >> >> >> DFD since it first started in 2008. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file > format > >> >> >> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, > >> and > >> >> >> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the > standard, > >> >> >> and at Plugfests improving interoperability. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day. I think we > can do > >> >> >> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language > >> >> >> Day: Using social media and our website. We can reach nearly a > >> >> >> million people when we do this, so it is very effective. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say > March > >> >> 10th: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here: > >> >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg > >> >> >> > >> >> >> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here: > >> >> >> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html > >> >> >> > >> >> >> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of > >> 200-400px. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in > >> >> >> future years as well. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 2) A blog post and/or press release. The week prior to DFD is > >> >> >> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government > >> >> >> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/). So I might try to write up > >> something > >> >> >> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps > >> >> >> promote open government. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Anyone interested in helping? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Regards, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -Rob > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Alexandro Colorado > >> > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > >> > http://es.openoffice.org > >> >
