Re: [Fsfe-uk] EU talks with Sun and MS about standards for "interchange of data between administrations"

[Ian Lynch]

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 12:12, James Heald wrote:
> Anyone feel that there is (at least) one other set of voices which could 
> have been invited to be in on this discussion ?

OASIS?

> 
> http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&parent=news&documentID=2387
> 
> "Around 25 representatives from Member States and Accession Countries 
> joined together with Commission Officials to listen to and to discuss 
> the need for open document formats with representatives of Sun and 
> Microsoft. The basis for the discussions was a recent report 
> commissioned by the IDA Programme that will be issued shortly. This 
> report looks at issues related to document formats and interoperability 
> in the context of the particular requirements put forward by Public 
> Administrations in Europe. The purpose of the meeting was to give SUN 
> and Microsoft, which the report had identified as the major providers of 
> document formats used in public administrations, an opportunity to 
> comment and clarify issues raised in the report and to discuss options 
> for policy recommendations with national participants. Issues that were 
> touched upon during the presentation were differences in the use of XML 
> technology by the two companies, the openness of the formats, legal 
> terms and questions related to standardisation".
> 
> 
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