governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk
Help us find the right open standards | Government technology
https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/06/help-us-find-the-right-open-standards
Skip to main content. GOVUK blogs use cookies to make the site simpler. Find out more about cookies. Https:/ governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/06/help-us-find-the-right-open-standards/. Help us find the right open standards. Is where we ask you to share your expertise and knowledge. You help us select open standards that will deliver better, more efficient services. We’ve published a proposal. How we publish vacancies online. How we exchange property and place information. Let us know what you thi...
grit-oyster.co.uk
Andy Strange – Grit and Oyster Limited
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WordPress development and more. Standards for Government Digital Services. I am continuing my exploration of common standards and have been looking at those that can be applied to the provision of services online. Here are some notes. As part of their “digital by default” agenda the UK Government. Using the UK Government’s Digital Service Standard as a starting point the LocalGov Digital group have created a similar standard designed to be applied to UK Local Government. It is to state the obvious that.
kevin-marks.com
Hadley Beeman at OSCON 2015-07-22
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Hadley Beeman at OSCON. We believe that Open Source is stronger when it is supported by Open Standards. With Open Standards we can switch what we are using underneath to whatever technology makes sense. We have an open process to select software interoperability standards to make compulsory across government. Our standards choice is based at standards.data.gov.uk. And relentlessly focused on user need. We need you to help us set these open standards - we have challenges on location, job listings and more.
object-network.blogspot.com
Building The Object Network: February 2014
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Building The Object Network. My Explorations into the Internet of Things using the Object Network approach. Friday, 14 February 2014. This is my last post on this blog. Blogger and Google have been a bit of a disappointment, so this seems like a good time to wrap up and find an alternative. What I want in a blog service:. Bug-free editor - I don't actually need WYSIWYG if it's that. Hard to do; HTML would be fine. It failed to auto-save. A preview with links that work, so I can test them there. Something...
kevinmarks.com
Hadley Beeman at OSCON 2015-07-22
http://www.kevinmarks.com/hadleyoscon2015.html
Hadley Beeman at OSCON. We believe that Open Source is stronger when it is supported by Open Standards. With Open Standards we can switch what we are using underneath to whatever technology makes sense. We have an open process to select software interoperability standards to make compulsory across government. Our standards choice is based at standards.data.gov.uk. And relentlessly focused on user need. We need you to help us set these open standards - we have challenges on location, job listings and more.
techcosupport.com
UK government Confirms Open Document Format | techcosupport.com
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Techco Support Site – Helping your business grow through Technology, Training and Coaching. UK government Confirms Open Document Format. In a move that goes against proposals by Microsoft, the UK government has confirmed Open Document Format (ODF) as the standard government document format. Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has today announced that the ODF will be the standard for sharing or collaborating on government documents, with PDF or HTML also approved for viewing. Government organisations wi...
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bgt | techcosupport.com
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Techco Support Site – Helping your business grow through Technology, Training and Coaching. New Windows XP Support Deal Vetoed by Whitehall Technology Chiefs. In an amazing new twist to the seemingly endless death throws of Windows XP, it seems that someone in the corridors of power has managed to negotiate a contract with Microsoft to further extend support, and so prolong use in government departments. It is difficult to describe the continuing use of this ancient and venerable Operating System (OS) in...
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Open Standards | techcosupport.com
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Techco Support Site – Helping your business grow through Technology, Training and Coaching. Tag Archives: Open Standards. Microsoft Lobbying Practices Accused Again. Once again, Microsoft has been accused over it’s UK government lobbying practices, according to an article in Computer Weekly yesterday. It appears that Microsoft has lobbied for years to prevent the government pursuing its open standards policy, which arguably levels the playing field for other software vendors. After a somewhat controv...
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Open document formats selected to meet user needs - Press releases - GOV.UK
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Skip to main content. GOVUK uses cookies to make the site simpler. Find out more about cookies. Open document formats selected to meet user needs. The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham. And Government Digital Service. Government transparency and accountability. This news article was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. Worldwide engagement leads to standards that get people working together. When departments have adopted these open standards:. Which are comp...