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I'd agree - this question has similarities with which syndication technology should I use RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 (which is different and not an updated version) or Atom? The answer is it doesn't matter too much as applications tend to support all three and each has strengths and weaknesses - the good news is that all three are (relatively) open. Brian -------------------------------- Brian Kelly UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, UK, BA2 7AY Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: +44 1225 383943 > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Light [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 24 July 2007 08:13 > Subject: Re: ODF (ISO 26300) document format vs. OOXML > > In message > <[log in to unmask]>, J > Martin <[log in to unmask]> writes > > >Anyway, back to the main question - ODF or OOXML for museums big or > >small (and other people too)? > > Personally I don't feel too worried that there are two > "competing" XML frameworks for word-processed documents. > It's a whole lot better than having none, which was the > position ten years ago. As users, very few of us are going > to actually delve into the raw XML and get excited about the > differences in encoding. > > At a practical level, the fact that you can open MS Office > documents in Open Office and then save them in ODF format > means that no-one is locked into OOXML. > > If you want your documentary resources to have long-term > value, you might want to look beyond this debate and think > about formats such as TEI (http://www.tei-c.org/). > > One feature of Open Office is its ability to import and > particularly export in a number of formats. Sebastian Rahtz > has developed filters > (http://www.tei-c.org/Software/teioo/) which allow Open > Office (version > 2.0) to open TEI XML documents, and save OO documents as TEI > XML. I have recently used the built-in ability of OO to > export documents as XHTML 1.0. It does this job rather well, > generating a set of CSS styles to retain the look of the > original document. > > So maybe the answer to your question is "neither"! > > Richard Light > > -- > Richard Light > SGML/XML and Museum Information Consultancy [log in to unmask] > > ************************************************** > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the > list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > ************************************************** > ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************