Hi there Paula .. I finally took the trouble to give this a good read. Very comprehensive! On page 40, it gives very good authority to the government use of the OASIS XML or open document format, especially for archive and preservation purposes (such as ePortfolios). There is something on the National library website that says more or less the same thing.
<br><br>I have been regularly sharing and archiving my work as ODT and ODP documents with students. The free reader is installed on all the school computers. When I upload these open documents to the VITTA website, I also make and bundle in an PDF copy. Eazy peasy ..
<br> <a href="http://xml.coverpages.org/sgml-xml.html">http://xml.coverpages.org/sgml-xml.html</a><br><br>Regarsd ROland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 07/03/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Christophersen, Paula P</b> <<a href="mailto:christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">christophersen.paula.p@edumail.vic.gov.au
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dear colleagues</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I have just been alerted to this excellent resource –
it is long, but just select those aspects that are of particular importance.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.agimo.gov.au/information/publishing/formats" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.agimo.gov.au/information/publishing/formats
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Topics include: file
formats, audience considerations, navigation, features of websites, page layouts,
information architecture etc. It also includes some very useful examples of
good and bad layouts. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Regards</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Paula</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paula Christophersen</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Phone: 03 9651 4378</span></font></p>
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