Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.

Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.

Supports free ways to create, to distribute and display digital content by actively developing cross-platform solutions, such as Gnash.

Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.

A discussion of the problems of MSWord as a document exchange format and what alternatives are available. Suitable for a non-technical audience.

Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. Presents its manifesto, forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.

Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.

Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.

An association of CAD customers and vendors committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of CAD data. History, members, FAQs, and published papers.

Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.