Germany has shown the way forward by making OpenDocument Format (ODF) mandatory as the standard format for office documents (opens in new tab)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44907370 [https://lemmy.ml/post/44907370] > Germany has made ODF mandatory as the standard format for documents within its sovereign digital infrastructure. The decision is incorporated into the Deutschland-Stack, the framework governing the development, procurement and management of digital systems for public administration at all levels. This is neither a pilot project nor a recommendation from a working group, but a mandate backed by the federal gov...