Russia has not joined the ODF Alliance
“Russia is switching to ODF,” many online media outlets came yesterday with such happy headlines that didn’t quite understand the topic. They were quick to report that “Russia joined the OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance) and, thus, joined the countries switching to the OpenDocument Document Format (ODF) and open standards, in connection with which the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of the Russian Federation an action plan for the implementation of open standards was approved. ”
The conclusion so joyful for the heart of each proponent of open standards was made on the basis of a press release from the Alliance, which merely expressed support for the intention of the Russian government to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of introducing an open document format for office applications ISO / IEC 26300: 2006.
Now experts are forced to clarify the situation .
There was no question about a plan for Russia's transition to ODF or Russia's entry into the Alliance. Although our country in the Alliance has long been represented by as many as five Russian companies, but the relevant Russian authorities have not yet joined it.
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In addition, the plan of measures for the introduction of open standards, allegedly approved by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications, is in fact called the “Plan of Measures to Promote the Development in the Russian Federation, as well as the use of free software (open source software) in government bodies” .
The document with this title was developed by the Working Group on the Study of the Development and Use of Free Software in the Russian Federation, created under the Ministry of Communications, but it does not contain any plan for switching to ODF format or other format of open documents, and, moreover, no one document on behalf of the Russian authorities have not yet claimed.
“Information about Russia's plans to move to open standards and technologies made a“ foreign voyage ”and returned to Russia many times distorted,” said Yevgeny Altovsky, an expert at the UNESCO Information Center for Information for All, “The declarative intention to“ consider the issue ”was transformed into an approved The Ministry of Communications and Communications has a plan of measures, and the indirect reference to the ODF standard is Russia's accession to the same-name alliance. ”
As anyone can be sure, the “plan” is not so much about open document formats, as about open source software. “If some journalists had bothered to turn to primary sources, they wouldn’t work out like a well-known joke: not in a lottery, but in cards, not a car, but twenty thousand, and won, but lost,” Altovsky added.
The conclusion so joyful for the heart of each proponent of open standards was made on the basis of a press release from the Alliance, which merely expressed support for the intention of the Russian government to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of introducing an open document format for office applications ISO / IEC 26300: 2006.
Now experts are forced to clarify the situation .
There was no question about a plan for Russia's transition to ODF or Russia's entry into the Alliance. Although our country in the Alliance has long been represented by as many as five Russian companies, but the relevant Russian authorities have not yet joined it.
')
In addition, the plan of measures for the introduction of open standards, allegedly approved by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications, is in fact called the “Plan of Measures to Promote the Development in the Russian Federation, as well as the use of free software (open source software) in government bodies” .
The document with this title was developed by the Working Group on the Study of the Development and Use of Free Software in the Russian Federation, created under the Ministry of Communications, but it does not contain any plan for switching to ODF format or other format of open documents, and, moreover, no one document on behalf of the Russian authorities have not yet claimed.
“Information about Russia's plans to move to open standards and technologies made a“ foreign voyage ”and returned to Russia many times distorted,” said Yevgeny Altovsky, an expert at the UNESCO Information Center for Information for All, “The declarative intention to“ consider the issue ”was transformed into an approved The Ministry of Communications and Communications has a plan of measures, and the indirect reference to the ODF standard is Russia's accession to the same-name alliance. ”
As anyone can be sure, the “plan” is not so much about open document formats, as about open source software. “If some journalists had bothered to turn to primary sources, they wouldn’t work out like a well-known joke: not in a lottery, but in cards, not a car, but twenty thousand, and won, but lost,” Altovsky added.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/13702/
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