internetnews.com: OASIS Backs OpenDocument Group

"OASIS is already credited with bringing the OpenDocument Format (ODF) to the market last May.

"Now, in an effort to drive ODF product development, the standards body has created the ODF Adoption committee, which is tailored to boost the number of products based on ODF. Members of the committee include IBM, Sun, Novell and Oracle.

"ODF allows text, spreadsheet and presentation files to work with one another even if they were created with different vendors' applications.

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