BECTA is the British Education Communication Technology Agency www.becta.org.uk The organisation is responsible for government policy in British education. The October 2005 "Technical specification for institutional infrastructure" section 2.2 Standards for office productivity applications specifies:
Applications SHALL create, edit, print and save in open standard file formats. Text .txt, .rtf .odt Spreadsheet .csv .ods Database .csv .odb Presentation .html .odp SMIL Note no .doc, no .xls no .dbf and no .ppt However, it probably doesn't mean that MS apps can't be used since MSO can save in rtf csv etc. but it does indicate how government is becoming increasingly aware of the need to promote open standards.You can down load the full technical specification from http://www.becta.org.uk/subsections/foi/documents/technology_and_education_research/techspec_institutional_infrastructure.pdf -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
