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OpenDocum= ent=20 ratified by ISO
The OpenDocument file format (ODF) was = ratified by=20 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the = International=20 Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). More...

Uni= page -=20 standards-based single-file web archive format
Unipage is a new spin on saving a = complete=20 web page in a single file that has all the referenced images and = stylesheets and=20 such like embedded in it. Mor= e...

PDF=20 Forward Compatibility Issues
A couple of interesting articles = on=20 pdfzone.com highlight the perils of digital preservation. More...

Vir= tual=20 Machine File Format Competition
Virtualization is the latest = hot=20 technology, and the main players are all trying to get their file = formats to be=20 the standard. Mor= e...

Wh= atIsThatFile.com
WhatIsThatFile.com is a new = site to=20 help identify files based on the name rather than the contents. Mo= re...

Batt= le Lines=20 in the Document Format Wars
Both Microsoft and the = OpenDocument camp=20 are forming alliances to promote their respective formats. More= ...

Determining=20 a character set
I recently had a couple files that were = mostly=20 US-ASCII but had a few strange bytes in them. To help figure out what = characters=20 they should be, I made an online utility to reverse map = from=20 bytes to character sets.

Tags=20 vs. Categories
After reading a very interesting post from Ari = Paparo=20 on the = differences=20 between Blink.com and Del.icio.us, as well as my own experience with = adding=20 information, I decided to switch from complicated hierarchical = categories to=20 flat tags. More...

Sun=20 to offer online conversion of MSWord to OpenDocument
Sun announced=20 an online service to convert files from MSOffice/MSWord's proprietary = formats to=20 the new OpenDocument format. This is actually from November 2006 and I = haven't=20 seen anything else about it. It sounds like it is primarily to promote = their new=20 grid computing initiative and that there may be a cost associated with = it. I am=20 working on a similar service, which will be free (at least for smaller = files).=20 Via Richard=20 MacManus.

Grant = for the Global Digital Format Registry
The Harvard University = Library=20 got a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to make a Global = Digital Format=20 Registry. More..= .

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