When different systems, applications or organisations need to communicate with each other and actually understand what is being said, interoperability is key.
The Open Document Format (ODF) is an open standard format for office documents, which offers a vendor-independent, royalty-free way to encode text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.
Over the course of its 20-year history, the ODF standard has been adopted, or at least recommended, by numerous supranational bodies and several countries on almost every continent.
Question: do you really have control over your data? Depending on the formats you use, that answer might be no. Here's why the Open Document Format (as used by LibreOffice and other suites) is important: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #openstandards
Consider the history of control over user files, whether for organisations or individuals Think about all the documents you have created in your lifetime: School assignments. Work presentations and reports. Household budgets. Letters.
NLnet Labs celebrates twenty-five years as an independent, non-profit foundation working on #opensource and #openstandards. Our mission remains to make the core of the Internet a better, safer place by developing open-source software, through applied research and by promoting and contributing to open standards. Have you been along for the ride as a user of our #DNS or #routing software, worked with us on #IETF standardisation, applied research or policy advocacy? Share your story!
Just a few days until the voting period closes in our Governing Board elections!
We're at or near 100% voter turnout in many categories, but Individual Member turnout is much lower. Check your inbox for an email from noreply@opavote.com and cast your ballot today 🗳 matrix.org/governing-board/ele…
We are positively overwhelmed with the outpouring of support 🚀
People are responding to our call for help! We've also had a number of smaller organizations show up and begin the process of becoming supporting members.
This is encouraging progress, though we still have a lot of work to do to hit our fundraising goals.
If you didn't catch the main stage talk from Matthew, Matrix's project lead, at FOSDEM, we encourage you to watch the recording once it's posted online: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event…
The Matrix.org Foundation is pleased to share that today, alongside @mozilla, we have joined @OpenForumEurope as supporters.
OpenForum Europe has proven an effective convener and advocate for open source and open standards in Europe, and we’re glad to help further that work: openforumeurope.org/mozilla-an…
Amazing to hear from Chi Onwurah, Labour Shadow Minister Science, Research and Technology. On: * Open MP - Ensuring transparency and trust * How regulation can help strong growth * The benefits of open standards * The importance of trust * The importance of ethics in tech
@dsearls and @katherined talk to @kyle about hardware supply chains, building the only USA-made mobile phone, trust, open standards, and much more. Full episode here: reality2cast.com/133
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin about hardware supply chains, building the only USA-made mobile phone, trust, open standards, and much more.
