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'''The OpenDocument Foundation, Inc.''' was an organization set up in 2002 by Gary Edwards, Sam Hiser, and Paul "Buck" Martin<ref name="OpenDocument_Foundation">{{cite web | url=http://www.linux.com/feature/121034 | title=OpenDocument Foundation? | accessdate=2007-11-13 | date=November 07, 2007 | publisher=[[linux.com]]}}</ref> (real name Paul E. Merrell) to promote the use of [[open standard]]s-based [[XML]]/[[Resource Description Framework|RDF]] document formats for desktop computer use. |
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Members of the foundation were involved in the development of [[OpenDocument]] first in the OASIS Office XML Format TC (Technical Committee) and later in the OASIS Open Document Format TC with up to four members of the TC representing the OpenDocument foundation in the TC.<ref name="Oasis_meeting">{{cite web | url=http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200212/msg00003.html | title=Meeting Minutes | accessdate=2007-11-01 | date=December 16, 2002 | publisher=[[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]]}}</ref> |
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In October 2007, the OpenDocument Foundation controversially switched its support from [[OpenDocument]] to the [[World Wide Web Consortium|World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)'s]] [[Compound Document Format|Compound Document Format (CDF)]].<ref name="TechNews_Abandons">{{cite web | url=http://www.technewsworld.com/story/60074.html | title=OpenDocument Foundation Abandons Namesake Format | accessdate=2007-10-31 | last=Noyes | first= Katherine | date=October 31, 2007 | publisher=TechNewsWorld}}</ref> The case was unfortunate since the name of the Foundation suggested for the uninvolved reader that they were deeply connected to the format, or originated it, and the change meant an important supporter to get dissatisfied with the results; while in reality it only meant that the remaining few persons behind the Foundation have changed their minds.<ref>{{cite web |
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|title = Now it’s Open Document Format’s turn for the FUDmeisters. |
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However, Chris Lilley of the W3C later explained to Andy Updegrove that CDF is not intended as an office format and is not a suitable replacement for the OpenDocument format. And none of the three remaining members of the foundation are members of the W3C or the CDF working group. Andy Updegrove theorised that the foundation had "decided to turn out the lights" and were simply attacking those that had rejected their proposals to the OASIS TC.<ref name="andy1">{{cite web | url=http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071109070012244 | title=Putting the OpenDocument Foundation to Bed (without its supper) | publisher=ConsortiumInfo.org | first=Andrew | last=Updegrove | date=November 9, 2007 | accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref> |
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As of November 11, 2007, the official website has been shut down, probably marking the end of the OpenDocument Foundation. |
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==See also== |
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*[[OpenDocument Format Alliance]] |
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== References == |
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<references/> |
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== External links == |
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20071023055809/http://opendocumentfoundation.us/index.html Official website (via WayBackMachine, archived on Oct 23, 2007)] Offline since November 2007. |
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* {{cite web |
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|title=Cracks in the foundation |
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|accessdate=2009-06-15}}, background informations on the controversy between the Foundation and the Open Document Format. |
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