http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/default.aspxXML in MassachusettsenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspxWed, 18 Jul 2007 21:23:00 GMT3e274673-4f98-48a3-a750-5e76696965bc:33065kim123451http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/comments/33065.aspxhttp://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/commentrss.aspx?PostID=33065<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">The Commonwealth just revised its policy on document formats to include OOXML. This is good because the old policy limited acceptable formats to &quot;open standards.&quot;&nbsp; We need to let the Commonwealth know, though, that while we&#39;re happy to see OOXML be accepted it is silly to create a policy that picks formats by name rather than by whether or not it gets the job done.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">What if I create a new format tomorrow that will meet the state&#39;s goals?&nbsp; I&#39;m automatically shut out of doing business with the state because my format isn&#39;t named in the policy.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">&nbsp;If you&#39;re from Massachusetts please write in about this.&nbsp; The policy is open for comment until Friday and you can send via email to <a href="mailto:standards@state.ma.us" title="blocked::mailto:standards@state.ma.us mailto:standards@state.ma.us">standards@state.ma.us</a>.</span></font></p> <div class = "shareblock"><strong>Share this post:</strong> <a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx&amp;;subject=Anyone+here+from+Massachusetts%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx">email it!</a> | <a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx&amp;;title=Anyone+here+from+Massachusetts%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx">bookmark it!</a> | <a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx">digg it!</a> | <a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx&amp;title=Anyone+here+from+Massachusetts%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx">reddit!</a> | <a href = "http://www.dotnetkicks.com/submit/?url=http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx&amp;;title=Anyone+here+from+Massachusetts%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx">kick it!</a> | <a href = "https://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?marklet=1&amp;;mkt=en-us&amp;;url=http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx&amp;;title=Anyone+here+from+Massachusetts%3f&amp;;top=1" target="_blank" title = "Post http://xmladvice.com/blogs/xml_in_massachusetts/archive/2007/07/18/Anyone-here-from-Massachusetts_3F00_.aspx">live it!</a></div><img src="http://xmladvice.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=33065" width="1" height="1">