FW: Open Format Meeting

Hi Michael and TC members,

 

  I'm forwarding an email from Christine McLellan 
regarding th Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Enterprise Technical Reference 
Model. I think you'll be pleased with the results.

 

Congratulations!

 

Regards,

 

Mary

From: McLellan, Christine (ITD) 
[mailto:] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 
2005 1:22 PM
To: Cote, Alan (SEC); ; 
; Hamel, Linda (ITD); ; 
; ; ; 
; Micolonghi, Emily (ANF); ; Boldman, 
Claudia (ITD); ; ; Nardone, 
Stephen (ITD); ; Phillips, Victoria (ITD); 
; ; ; Vaverchak, 
Timothy (ITD)
Subject: Open Format Meeting

 

 

 

I would like to thank each of you 
again for your participation in our recent Open Formats Summit meeting. This 
meeting was very helpful in helping us to draft a future direction for the 
Commonwealth regarding open formats particularly as they relate to office 
documents in the context of their importance for the current and future 
accessibility of government records as well as the relative "openness" of the 
format options available to us.

We 
just published a new draft version of our Enterprise Technical Reference Model 
for public review available at www.mass.gov/itd (see feature story in the 
center of the page). The revised version of the Data Formats section begins on 
page 16 and identifies the newly ratified OASIS Open Document Format for Office 
Applications (OpenDocument) as our standard for office documents. Additional 
open and acceptable formats are also identified for other types of documents. 
Again, we would love to hear your comments and suggestions. Please forward your 
comments to  by September 9. I 
would also appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about this public 
review so we can get the broadest input possible. Thank 
you.

Peter J. Quinn 

Chief Information 
Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christine 
McLellan

Chief of Staff & Organization 
Development

State House, Room 
373

Boston, 
MA  02133

Tel: 617-727-2040