"Information or data created by users and organisations and stored in office documents belongs to the creators of that data. Yet, when the most common document formats are proprietary (or not open), users lose control of their data through dependency upon the software company or entity which controls the data format. When the controlling entity makes changes to its format this forces software re-acquisition upon users, which can be expensive as well as unnecessary. OpenDocument, by being openly developed and having no impediments to its usage or access, provides an excellent solution to this problem of control by offering an open standard data format for use in all kinds of software -- free as well as commercial."
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/OpenDocument
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