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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to promote the use of Open Document Format within the UK government. More details
Submitted by John Imrie – Deadline to sign up by: 19 May 2007 – Signatures: 1,310
Government documents must be available for tens if not hundreds of years. Currently much electronic documentation is stored in proprietary formats, such as Microsoft's .doc format. In order to allow future generations access to these documents it is imperative that they be in a fully documented standard. Open Document Format (ISO/IEC 26300:2006) is now the international document standard and as such should be supported by the Government.
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