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First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
This plan explains how Cabinet Office and DCMS are implementing open formats for sharing and viewing government documents.
The DfE plan for publishing, creating and storing documents in open standards format.
Section last updated December 2015.
Defra's plan for publishing documents in open standards formats.
Defra's plan for integrating open document formats with IT applications.
Consistent and standards-based comma-separated values (CSV) files help make data more effective and easier to share across government.
The Treasury's policy for using open standards for document formats
Defra's plan to implement software that will support open document formats.
BIS's policy for using open standards for document formats.
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