3rd
Brasilia Protocol - translated
Thanks to Jomar Silva ( http://homembit.com/ ) who blogs on ODF and document format issues in three languages, here is a translation of the document.
BRASÍLIA PROTOCOL
PUBLIC PROTOCOL OF INTENTION FOR ADOPTING OPEN DOCUMENT FORMATS
Art. 1 – In accordance with the recommendations proposed by the Federal Government through the reference document for interoperability standards, e-PING, and in order to work in a cooperative manner in the application of solutions that generate higher technological and economic independence for the Treasury, the agencies and entities of Direct and Indirect Public Administration, including State-owned Companies and Foundations, as well as private companies, listed below, propose adopting open file formats for the creation, storage and digital provision of documents of the text, spreadsheet and presentation types.
Art. 2- Open file formats are understood as those that:
I – allow interoperability between the different applications and platforms, internal and external;
II – allow applications without any restrictions or payment of royalties;
III – may be implemented fully and independently by multiple vendors of computer programs, in multiple platforms, without any cost related to intellectual property for the necessary technology;
Art. 3 – Editable office documents are understood as editable electronic documents typically created and handled by computer programs known as office suites. These documents are typically texts, spreadsheets and presentations.
Art. 4 – By voluntarily adopting this protocol, the entity pledges to:
4.1 - Promote the dissemination and use among its employees of the tools required for the adoption of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) office document format, Brazilian standard ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 26.300:2008, preferably in solutions based on free software.
4.2 - Present to the other entities that are signing this protocol and to society through CISL – Committee for Deployment of Free Software, within 60 days, the necessary planning to achieve the following goals:
a) Have its technology environment ready to handle editable office documents in the ODF format.
b) Be ready to receive editable office documents in the ODF format.
c) Use the ODF format, preferably, for editable office documents that will be made available to society.
d) Exchange editable office documents with the other entities signing this protocol through the ODF format.
e) Use the ODF format to create, exchange and store editable office documents generated by the entity.
4.3 - Share with the other entities that sign this protocol solutions that may accelerate the adoption of the ODF format.
Art. 5 – General Considerations:
5.1 - The parties choose the Brasília jurisdiction to settle any issue regarding the present Protocol.
5.2 - It is up to Caixa Econômica Federal to provide at its expense the publication of the printed version of this Protocol in the Federal Official Daily, as well as the publication of any supplements that may be signed.
Brasília, August 27th, 2008.
Signees:
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(Name of signee) (Name of Agency/Company)
