[od-discuss] OD v2 accepts Excel as OpenData?!???

Wed Oct 8 17:08:03 UTC 2014

On 8 October 2014 04:49, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:

> On 10/7/2014 9:42 AM, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>
>> - Is the push for open (document) standards related to but separate from
>> the open definition?
>>
> I think there's three distinct items here
>
> - Open licenses
> - Open formats
> - Open access
>
> Given that the summation, conformant license page, and license approval
> process all are focused on the

I don't think the summation is focused on the license nor is the
definition. Of course, the license and license approval process is.

> license, not the work, it seems odd to be worried about file formats at
> all.

I think the reason for worry is an open "work" is defined as one that is
openly licensed and is (openly) accessible (viz accessible,
machine-readable, bulk, accessible format).

Rufus

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