The Dutch government has taken a step in the right direction by mandating electronic documents be stored in open formats. Data formats are important for archival of public documents. Technology changes over time and documents can become orphaned when the software that created them is no longer available.
THK's blog
The Netherlands adopts open document formats
Submitted by THK on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 11:00
Back home
NCEAS was great. Met some cool folks. Renewed connections. Man, I miss the intellectual atomsphere at NCEAS. Lots of fun. Of course now I'm way overcommittted for the next decade or so...
Quintessential NCEAS moment
Overheard at dinner: "Hi, nice to meet you. Where are you from.... You know, I think we're coauthors on a paper together!"
