Towards real world interoperability.
The history of ODF plugfests
ODF plugfests are an ongoing series of vendor-neutral events, bringing together implementers and stakeholders of the standard. The goal is to achieve maximum interoperability by running scenario-based tests in a hands-on lab and discuss new and proposed features of the ODF specification.
The first plugfest was held in 2009 under the auspices of the Dutch government, and launched by the Netherlands minister of Foreign Trade mr. Frank Heemskerk.
Overview of ODF plugfests
Royal Library
June 15/16, 2009, The Hague (The Netherlands)
Fondazione Cassa Risparmio Orvieto
November 2/3 2009, Orvieto (Italy)
University of Granada
April 15-17th 2010, Granada (Spain)
Belgian Federal Government
October 14-15th 2010, Brussels (Belgium)
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
February 24-25th 2011, RBWaM (UK) - mirror
Bundesmin. des Innern / fuer Wirtschaft und Technologie
July 14-15th 2011, RBWaM (UK) - mirror
City Hall of Gouda
November 17-18th, 2011 (The Netherlands)
Microsoft Executive Briefing Center
April 19-20, 2012, Brussel (Belgium)
Learn more about ODF on http://opendocumentformat.org or on the website of OpenDoc Society.
About the plugfests
The first ODF plugfest was held in the Hague in 2009, and was launched by the Netherlands minister of Foreign Trade Frank Heemskerk. Previous plugfests were held at The Hague (Netherlands), Orvieto (Italy), Granada (Spain), Brussels (Belgium), Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (UK) and Berlin (Germany).
About ODF
Open Document Format (ODF) is an international family of standards that is helping to store and process information more efficiently.
ODF transcends specific applications and providers, and replaces legacy formats such as .doc, .wpd, .xls and .rtf.
ODF is not only more flexible and efficient, but also future proof. ODF can help you regain control over your documents (read more...)
OpenDoc Society
OpenDoc Society brings together individuals and organisations with a stake or interest in the openness and future of documents to learn from each other and share knowledge - about core technologies, available tools, policy issues, transition strategies, legal aspects and of course the latest innovations. Whether you are a developer, publisher, decision maker, educator, vendor, IT manager, academic, writer, archivist or just an involved citizen - OpenDocSociety.org brings you together with interesting like-minded people to learn from and cooperate with. OpenDoc Society is supported by a significant number of organisations
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