On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Kadal Amutham <vka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > The http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Dfd gives very few information how >> > OpenOffice uses the open standard file format. By reading the page, I am >> > not sure whether all the files of AOO are of open standard. The page can >> be >> > added with few more information, in what direction the open standard file >> > formats are available. Is there any file format for drawings , paintings, >> > video, audio etc. >> > >> >> The ODF standard handles the main formats used by OpenOffice applications: >> >> *.odt = text documents >> *.ods = spreadsheets >> *.odp = presentations >> >> (There are others as well, but less common) >> > > I believe this content is easily available on the net, however the focus of > a microsite is to give a very general and "to the point" message. And also > provide other angles on this like public testimonies, proof of qualities > and milestones in the adoption of the subject (in this case open documents) > and it's relation with the project. >
Yes, of course. This is just background information for those on the list who is not familiar with the history here. > Anyone can go to wikipedia and learn more about the technical parts such as > how many OpenDocuments are, but I think this isn't really the goal of a > microsite, nor should it daunt the reader with it. > > I also think is an opportunity to embrace some design trends used such as > "Single-Page Websites" SEO techniques and further trends that could be done > on a sandbox. > There are at least two pieces here: 1) The blog post should, I think, explain the relationship between the AOO project and ODF. We have a good story to tell here, both historically as well as currently. The blog post, though is read by relatively few people. 2) The Document Freedom Day web page can be more purely about showing support for Document Freedom. It should be something that someone wants to share on Facebook. Something with a snappy message, visually compelling or interesting in some way that you want to let others know about it. It needs to be "worth a click". -Rob > >> >> "Open standard" has different meanings, which you can see here: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard >> >> But generally it means 1) It is a published standard, and 2) It does >> not require payment of royalties in order to implement it. >> >> There are many standards out there that are not open. For example >> MP3 audio has several patents on it, and a device manufacturer that >> implements MP3 must pay royalties. >> >> But most of the common web standards, including all those from the >> W3C, are open standards. The ODF document format standard is also >> open. >> >> OpenOffice also implements some formats that are not open standards. >> For example, the old binary format from Microsoft, the doc/xls/ppt >> formats. Although these don't require royalty payments, they are not >> standards, since they have not been reviewed/approved by any standards >> organization. So they are not "open standards". >> >> The advantage of open standards is that it encourages competition >> since everyone has access to the technical information as well as >> rights to implement the standard. This is quite common today, but it >> was not always this way. For example, back around 2000 we didn't have >> good documentation on Microsoft file formats. And the only >> information available had a restriction on it, that it could not be >> used by anyone was creating a competing application. So this lead to >> "lock-in", where the user had to continue buying Microsoft Office in >> order to have access to their own documents. It was a lot of hard >> work, especially in Europe where the EC got involved, but now open >> standards are the norm for document formats. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> > With Warm Regards >> > >> > V.Kadal Amutham >> > 919444360480 >> > 914422396480 >> > >> > >> > On 28 February 2013 01:35, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> >> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Samer Mansour <samer...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > On 1) Can I suggest we make the graphic change maybe 3-5 days >> before >> >> DFD. >> >> >> > Make an earlier blog post letting people know its coming up. We >> >> should go >> >> >> > viral before the day. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> I agree. Even though the actual even is on a specific day we'll get >> >> >> more notice if we start a few days ahead of time. >> >> >> >> >> >> > I could create a small page about AOO and DFD and what it means to >> us. >> >> >> > Much like the download page, we can assign the social platform >> >> meta-data >> >> >> > image and text to the one we're promoting AOO with. We could then >> >> link >> >> >> it >> >> >> > to the early and day-of blog posts. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> So the idea would be that visitors could like or share that page to >> >> >> their social network? I like that idea. Anything that we can do to >> >> >> turn it into a two-way engagement/sharing will be more effective than >> >> >> simply broadcasting information in a single direction. >> >> >> >> >> >> For example, with IMLD, the actual blog post did not get much of a >> >> >> response, but a simple Facebook post asking the question "How do you >> >> >> say 'free software' in your Mother Language?" got 45 comments, 44 >> >> >> likes, and 2 shares. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > - - - - - >> >> >> > PAGE META DATA >> >> >> > [Image=AOO-DFD-Doodle.png] >> >> >> > [Title="Apache OpenOffice celebrates DFD, learn more here."] >> >> >> > [Text="AOO is committed to support ODF standards so that everyone >> can >> >> >> > access their information independent of the tools and suites they >> use. >> >> >> > Learn more here."] >> >> >> > >> >> >> > IN TYPICAL OO.org PAGE TEMPLATE >> >> >> > [Short brief about what it means to us. Benefits to society, talk >> >> about >> >> >> > owning your information and having the freedom to move to other >> office >> >> >> > suites and OS/Technology platforms. Talk about how we support >> multiple >> >> >> > platforms for that freedom. Windows to Linux to OS X] >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Let your friends know its document freedom day on March 27th: >> >> >> > [Share Facebook] [Share Twitter] [Share Google+] >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > On previous DFD days, I coordinate a mini-site which include >> description >> >> of >> >> > the DFD, how OpenOffice.org is benefit of open standards and our >> >> commitment >> >> > to suppor them, and finally a few quotes from people around the >> community >> >> > sharing their thoughts on DFD, and finally a few relevant links. >> >> > >> >> > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Dfd >> >> > >> >> >> >> There is some good material here we can reuse. But, if I understand >> >> the mechanisms correctly, we'll need to turn this into a standalone >> >> HTML page, not a wiki page. For the social integration to work we >> >> need to be able to control the page's <meta> tags in the header. >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Are you ready to be free? [Download Apache OpenOffice Today! >> possibly >> >> >> > href'd image] >> >> >> > - - - - - >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> "Liberate your documents" is a common DFD expression we could work >> >> with.. >> >> >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Samer >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and >> >> >> >> interoperability in documents. OpenOffice has been a core part >> of >> >> >> >> DFD since it first started in 2008. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file >> format >> >> >> >> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, >> >> and >> >> >> >> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the >> standard, >> >> >> >> and at Plugfests improving interoperability. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day. I think we >> can do >> >> >> >> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language >> >> >> >> Day: Using social media and our website. We can reach nearly a >> >> >> >> million people when we do this, so it is very effective. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say >> March >> >> >> 10th: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here: >> >> >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here: >> >> >> >> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of >> >> 200-400px. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in >> >> >> >> future years as well. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2) A blog post and/or press release. The week prior to DFD is >> >> >> >> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government >> >> >> >> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/). So I might try to write up >> >> something >> >> >> >> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps >> >> >> >> promote open government. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Anyone interested in helping? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Alexandro Colorado >> >> > Apache OpenOffice Contributor >> >> > http://es.openoffice.org >> >> >> > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > http://es.openoffice.org
