Novell Presents ODA

Novell is excited to announce it will be giving a tutorial on the Open Document Architecture (ODA) standard during the Documation 95 show. The tutorial will discuss the advantages and benefits of using the ODA standard and how it can coexist with and complement SGML. Some of the tools that are currently available to support the ODA standard will be demonstrated.

The tutorial will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 6, 1995. It is open to all conference attendees.

The Documation 95 show will be held in Long Beach, California on March 6 - 9, 1995. For information about show call (703)519-8160.

What are the advantages of ODA?

• ODA preserves the layout as well as the content of compound documents in a non-proprietary format.
• ODA provides a format that is ideal for document exchange because it is platform and program independent.
• ODA provides a format for document storage that will not become obsolete with newer versions of document authoring software.

Who needs ODA?

• Every large company and government agency that has a heavy investment in the value of the documents it creates.
• Large organizations that need to communicate beyond their own divisions.
• Any company, government agency or individual that wants to be able to share documents without sacrificing formatting and layout instructions.

What is ODA?

• ODA is a non-proprietary document format standard for storing and exchanging documents. It is an international standard for storing and exchanging compound documents.
• Because it is non-proprietary, documents stored in the ODA format are independent of the program, the version and the platform on which the original document was created. Any ODA compliant document can be accessed, changed, exchanged, stored and reproduced by any ODA compliant program.