Comments on: What exactly are “universally accessible formats”? http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/ A blog for the enterprise open source community Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: A Man and his Penguin » Blog Archive » Not ODF - so what? http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-274297 A Man and his Penguin » Blog Archive » Not ODF - so what? Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:57:19 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-274297 [...] Recently, Barack Obama said that he’d like to make available all the US government’s data online in "universally accessible formats". A lot of people immediately assumed that the format he was talking about was OpenDocument, and got very excited. A second wave of people has pointed out that "universally accessible formats" could be a number of different things. [...] [...] Recently, Barack Obama said that he’d like to make available all the US government’s data online in "universally accessible formats". A lot of people immediately assumed that the format he was talking about was OpenDocument, and got very excited. A second wave of people has pointed out that "universally accessible formats" could be a number of different things. [...]

]]> By: Matthew Aslett http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-118807 Matthew Aslett Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:10:40 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-118807 Sorry Andy, I meant to mention that in the original. I'll update. Sorry Andy, I meant to mention that in the original. I’ll update.

]]> By: Andy Updegrove http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-118415 Andy Updegrove Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:34:34 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-118415 For the record, I made exactly the same point in my blog entry, which included the following: <blockquote> Another intriguing question is what exactly he means by "universally accessible formats." Does that phrase indicate formats that implement vendor neutral open standards, or formats that are accessible to those with disabilities, or both? And if it means the former, what criteria would qualify a format as being "universally accessible?" Adoption by a consortium? Adoption by ISO/IEC JTC1? Widespread market adoption? All of the above?</blockquote> Andy For the record, I made exactly the same point in my blog entry, which included the following:

Another intriguing question is what exactly he means by “universally accessible formats.” Does that phrase indicate formats that implement vendor neutral open standards, or formats that are accessible to those with disabilities, or both? And if it means the former, what criteria would qualify a format as being “universally accessible?” Adoption by a consortium? Adoption by ISO/IEC JTC1? Widespread market adoption? All of the above?

Andy

]]> By: SuperJogos - Todos os jogos da internet » What exactly are “universally accessible formats”? http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-118068 SuperJogos - Todos os jogos da internet » What exactly are “universally accessible formats”? Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:27:34 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/21/what-exactly-are-universally-accessible-formats/#comment-118068 [...] Http Web Server, Tomcat, Jsp, Php, Mysql, J2Ee, Servlet, Struts & Hibernate Hosting Support Blog wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt There was a lot of excitement earlier this week following presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s promise to “put government data online in universally accessible formats” should he make it to the White House. “Open Formats Enter the Presidential Debate,” stated Andy Updegrove. “Obama Voices Support for ODF” wrote eWeek. “When U.S. presidential candidates start promoting their open-source and open-document platforms, you know that the open-source movement has finally arrived,” added Matt Asay. Ex [...] [...] Http Web Server, Tomcat, Jsp, Php, Mysql, J2Ee, Servlet, Struts & Hibernate Hosting Support Blog wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt There was a lot of excitement earlier this week following presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s promise to “put government data online in universally accessible formats” should he make it to the White House. “Open Formats Enter the Presidential Debate,” stated Andy Updegrove. “Obama Voices Support for ODF” wrote eWeek. “When U.S. presidential candidates start promoting their open-source and open-document platforms, you know that the open-source movement has finally arrived,” added Matt Asay. Ex [...]

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