Greetings!
Although forwarded to me by a vendor who makes one of the products
mentioned in this article, this might be a useful data point.
XQuery Your Office Documents: Marc Van Cappellen
http://ddj.com/linux-open-source/202401913?pgno=1
Might be a good starting point to show someone the very basics of why
ODF (and other XML based office formats) can make a real difference.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Patrick
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Patrick Durusau
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Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34
Acting Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps)
Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)
Co-Editor, OpenDocument Format (OASIS, ISO/IEC 26300)