ODF Workshop

Date: Feb 10, 2006
Location: Los Angeles Airport Radisson
Registration: Is Now Closed (3/2006)

In partnership with The Open Document Fellowship, the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) has announced plans to host a workshop on open standards in government at their upcoming conference, SCALE 4x. The focus of this workshop will be on the use of OASIS OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (ODF) and document accessibility standards in state and local government. The goal of this event is to foster a discussion about choice in software and open standards at all levels of California government. The workshop will be held on February 10, 2006 at the Los Angeles Airport Radisson and will lead into SCALE 4x, the 2006 Southern California Linux Expo.

Topics to be covered at this workshop include:

• Benefits of open standards versus their proprietary counterparts.
• Technical merits of OpenDocument and XML-based file formats.
• Avoiding vendor lock-in: The importance of choice in software for government organizations and their constituents.
• The security benefits of heterogeneous software environments.