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The UK Government has decided that Open Document Format, the OpenOffice-derived file format, is the best choice for all government documents.
The Cabinet Office's Standards Hub explained its thinking on the matter and published the recommendation this week, using the following language:
“When dealing with citizens, information should be digital by default and therefore should be published online. Browser-based editing is the preferred option for collaborating on published government information. HTML (4.01 or higher e.g. HTML5) is therefore the default format for browser-based editable text. Other document formats specified in this proposal - ODF 1.1 (or higher e.g. ODF 1.2), plain text (TXT) or comma separated values (CSV) - should be provided in addition. ODF includes filename extensions such as .odt for text, .ods for spreadsheets and .odp for presentations.”
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