Docbook2odf is a toolkit that automaticaly converts DocBook to OASIS OpenDocument (ODF, the ISO standardized format used for texts, spreadsheets and presentations). Conversion is based on a XSLT which makes it easy to convert DocBook->ODF, ODT, ODS and ODP as all these documents are XML based.
Also goal of docbook2odf is to generate well formatted documents in OpenDocument, ready to be used in instant, with actually considering current rules of the Corporate Identity of organizations. Final results should not be restricted to text like documents but also many other forms could be generated, like presentations, charts or forms with images and multimedia.
The result is provided in a one zipped ODF file (.odt/.odp/.ods) with all required content. There are group of utilities like docbook2odt, docbook2ods and docbook2odp as docbook2odf is actually universally converting to these respective formats.
Docbook2odf is open source. This means that the source codes is not only available for download free of charge, but developers have access to the source code and may modify it.
Die ODF Alliance, ein Gremium von einigen hundert Unternehmen, kommunalen und nationalen Institutionen zur Förderung des Open Document Formats, hat sich enttäuscht über dessen Unterstützung durch Microsoft Office 2007 geäußert.
Microsofts Unterstützung für das Open Document Format im SP 2 für Office 2007 hat eine Debatte über die Kompatibilität von Formel-Standards in Tabellenkalkulationssoftware entfacht.
The Danish municipality of Gribskov has saved two million DKK, about 270,000 euro, over the past two years by switching the public administration and schools to OpenOffice, Michel van den Linden, responsible for IT in the municipality says in an interview with the Danish IT news site Computerworld.