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Open Formats
What are open formats?
Just as paper and pens have been available from multiple manufacturers and vendors , document file formats and the applications creating these file formats need to be supported by and available from multiple vendors. This guarantees long-term access to data, even if companies disappear, change their strategies or dramatically change their prices. The formats in which information is published can either be “open” or “closed”. Open format means the software and format are available to anyone, free of charge, and available for people to build into their own software and products without limitation set by intellectual property rights. Developers can use these to produce multiple software packages, services, and products by using these formats.
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