http://sun.systemnews.com Standards http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/102/1/Standards/16812 As is befitting for a truly open standard, the first revision to the Open Document Format (ODF) -- which was accepted as an international ISO standard (ISO/IEC 26300) last May -- is now available for public review. This revision includes many critical accessibility updates. Comments are being accepted now, closing September 25, 2006. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/100/3/Standards/16584 While there are many commercial and open source implementations of the Open Document Format (ODF) available, we like to think that our StarOfficeTM product stands out for its functionality and ease of use. You can read more about the various ODF implementations at ConsortiumInfo. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/99/3/Standards/16425 Standards Strategy Ambassador for the Chief Technologists' Office of Sun Microsystems Michelle Aden briefly discusses how IT standards affect innovation in an interview with the International Electrotechnical Commission. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/99/2/Standards/16396 Sun is thrilled to announce that the Open Document Format (ODF) has been approved as an international standard. On May 2nd, both ISO and IEC reported their approval of ODF with an overwhelming response and no negative votes from any nation. ODF is now also known as the ISO/IEC 26300 standard. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/99/2/Standards/16397 Join dozens of other companies, trade associations, libraries and open access advocacy groups in the OpenDocument Alliance and help spread the word to your local, state or federal government. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/96/4/Standards/15965 An analysis from the December 2005 Standards Edge conference has been posted at http://www.thebolingroup.com/standard_conf.html. This conference, which was co-hosted by Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, was aimed at generating greater understanding by policy makers of the power of IT standards in shaping markets and the public good. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/95/4/Standards/15816 A recent conference in Copenhagen, Denmark found Sun, IBM, Harvard University's Berkman Center, Oracle, Novell and several Danish parliament members discussing the value and meaning of open standards - and agreeing! http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/94/2/Standards/15604 The discussion in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts about Open Standards for office formats continues. Below is an excerpt from a recent letter from Sun sent to Thomas Trimarco, the Secretary of Massachusetts' Executive Office for Administration and Finance. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/93/1/Standards/15371 This December, Sun brings you the next in our series of international conferences on IT industry standardization: "IT Standardization: Unifier or Divider?" This intimate conference will provide a timely exploration of the potentially schismatic effect of IT standardization. Conference co-sponsors include Microsoft and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/92/2/Standards/15264 Late last month, Sun made an enormously innovative announcement that it hopes will help transform how intellectual property is treated in IT standardization. In a step of inspired leadership, Sun issued a non-assertion covenant for its patents related to the OpenDocument file format standard.