On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Kadal Amutham <vka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Rob, It is very informative and include the same in the page > or not > > With Warm Regards > > V.Kadal Amutham > 919444360480 > 914422396480 > > > On 1 March 2013 21:34, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Kadal Amutham <vka...@gmail.com> 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 <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> > > wrote: > > >> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Samer Mansour <samer...@gmail.com > > > > >> 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 <robw...@apache.org> > > 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 > > >> > > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
