Guidance

Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology

This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) [and guidance / documents] is now out of date

• From: Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service
• Published: 27 March 2015
• Last updated: 31 January 2023 — See all updates

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Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards when specifying technology requirements

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This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) is now out of date. Please refer to the Technology Code of Practice: Make Use of Open Standards, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/make-use-of-open-standards

This note provides information on:

• government policy on open standards principles for software interoperability, data and document formats

• open standards that have been selected for use across government

• practical guidance on specifying one of the government’s selected standards, Open Document Format (ODF), within procurement for office productivity software

This note replaces Procurement Policy Note 09/11 on using open standards when specifying IT requirements.

Published 27 March 2015

Last updated 31 January 2023 + show all updates

1. 31 January 2023

   This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) is now out of date. Please refer to the Technology Code of Practice: Make Use of Open Standards, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/make-use-of-open-standards

2. 27 March 2015

   First published.